The jury has reached its verdict in the Miguel Torres murder trial, but it has not yet been announced in court.
The jury, after spending the night sequestered at a hotel in Berks County, was sent back to the deliberation room at 9:25 a.m. Tuesday.
The jurors announced less than an hour later that they had reached their verdict.
The jury got the case shortly before 1:30 p.m. Monday and deliberated until about 9 p.m.
Torres, formerly of Exeter Township, is facing a mandatory life sentence if he is convicted of first degree murder for the Sept. 12, 2005, shooting death of his estranged wife, Barbie Torres, in downtown Reading.
Torres left the country and remained at large until his capture in Italy in March 2013.
Torres, as the lone defense witness, proclaimed his innocence to the jury last Friday, testifying that a lone shark to whom he owed money is the actual killer.
York County residents were selected to serve on the jury because of the extensive pretrial publicity the case received in Berks.
WFMZ's Ryan Hughes is in the courtroom. Refresh this page for more on this developing story as we await the verdict.
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