Greater Minnesota. Michael Allan Carbo collapsed to his chair when the verdict was read Friday night at the St. Louis County Courthouse. By Christa Lawler. Carbo, who had stood up to receive the verdict, collapsed to his seat with his head in his hands after Judge Robert C. Friday read the verdict. Someone wept in the rows filled with his family members and friends at the St. Carbo, who will be sentenced March 4, was found guilty on two charges β each carries a mandatory life sentence with the possibility of parole after 17 years.
This was the second time Carbo stood trial. Evenson had hung out with her the night before she died and was among those who discovered her body. Daugherty, who worked at a nursing home and had plans to continue her education to become an EMT, was found dead on the afternoon of July 16, The murder was unsolved for decades until, based on advances in DNA testing, investigators linked Carbo to the crime. Carbo had never been a suspect, and though many people were questioned over the years, no one else was ever arrested or charged.
After the verdict, in the privacy of a room set aside for her at the St. Evenson said by phone from his home in Climax, Minn. The worst day of his life was when Daugherty died, he said. The second-worst was the cross-examination during this trial.
The jury was handed the case just before noon Friday and was quicker with its turnaround than the previous jury. The trial lasted about two weeks and saw a series of aging witnesses, who sometimes had to refer to old testimonies or nearly year-old transcripts to refresh memories.
His fingerprint was found on her toilet seat. He offered a scenario in which a jealous Evenson killed Daugherty after finding her with Carbo, who was then Evenson, who spent hours on the witness stand, has emphatically denied killing Daugherty.
