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A California man with a history of violence and mental illness has been found guilty of the random stabbing death of 18-year-old Nia Wilson on a commuter train platform two years ago, a killing with racial undertones that prompted rallies and vigils throughout the San Francisco Bay Area.
An Alameda county jury announced on Tuesday it had found John Lee Cowell, 29, guilty of murdering Wilson at the MacArthur Bart station in Oakland as she was returning home from a family gathering with her two sisters. Jurors also found Cowell guilty of attempted murder in the stabbing of Wilson’s sister, who survived severe injuries to her neck.