Man Found guilty of Murder

A Morganton man has been sentenced to life in prison after being found guilty of first degree murder.  27 year old Darius Heasley King received the sentence this week in Burke County Superior court.  King was convicted in the March 2018 strangulation and stabbing death of Hubert Roland Hunter, Jr.   After the seven day trial, jurors only took about 20 minutes before returning the guilty verdict.