LAS VEGAS, Nevada (FOX5) – A Las Vegas jury returned a verdict for the man accused of killing two Vietnamese tourists in 2018.

Julius Damiano Deangilo Trotter received a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole Thursday morning. The same jury found him guilty of stabbing Sang Boi Nghia and Khoung Ba Le Nguyen to death inside their rooms at the Circus Circus Hotel on Tuesday, the Associated Press reported.

The bodies of the two victims were found on June 1, 2018, after they failed to show up for a group tour trip. Hotel employees later determined that the lock on her room’s door was not working properly.

Police would identify Trotter as a suspect and arrest him a week later. after he led California officers on a chase.

He has been jailed in Las Vegas while awaiting trial, which was postponed several times due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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