An 18-year-old man faces life in prison after Southeast Texas jurors convicted him of killing his teenage girlfriend who was pregnant with twins.
Ryan Matthews was convicted of capital murder in the death of Arrijana Hill. Both Matthews and Hill were 16 when she was found dead last year in a pool of blood inside her family home in Pearland.
Prosecutors accused Matthews of killing Hill because he was worried children would ruin his future as an athlete.
Matthews admitted on the stand that he saw Hill the day of her death and that he threw away the shirt he was wearing that day.
He will be eligible for parole after 40 years.
Pearland is about 15 miles south of downtown Houston.
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