The Anthony Nichols Trial wrapped up Friday afternoon with a verdict. Riley County jurors found Nichols guilty of attempted murder.
For closing arguments, the state listed the evidence pointing Nichols to the scene of the crime, although the defense claimed it still wasn’t enough to pinpoint Nichols to the trailer in which John Burroughs was killed between the 6th and 7th of September in 2013. One possiblity being considered was Nichols’ oath of silence for his gang, preventing law enforcement from learning about the true extent to which Burroughs’ convicted killer, James McKenith had gone. Evidence strongly suggesting Nichols had committed attempted murder was the gun with his fingerprints on it found in his residence, and cyberforensic evidence pointing him to the general area of the crime.
