A 35-year-old man accused of killing his Russian fiancée eight years ago in the woods near Alsea was found guilty of murder for the second time.
A Benton County jury returned a guilty verdict for William Chase Hargrove at 2 p.m. Friday, June 6. Deliberations began around 2 p.m. the day before.
Hargrove was previously sentenced to life in prison for killing Anna Repkina, 27, on Easter in 2017. He was granted an appeal in 2023 that sent his case back to court. The hard-fought retrial was set for 24 days in court and was initially scheduled to wrap up last week…