BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — A jury has handed down a verdict following the trial of a man accused of the murder of Baton Rouge civil rights activist Sadie Roberts-Joseph.
44-year-old Ronn Bell was found guilty of second-degree murder. His sentencing is set for Aug. 7.
Previously, a grand jury charged Bell with second-degree murder and failure to register as a sex offender in November 2019.
Roberts-Joseph‘s body was found in the trunk of a car on North 20th Street near Scenic Highway on July 12, 2019. She was 75 years old.
Days later, Bell was arrested in connection with her death and booked into jail on a first-degree murder charge…