An East Baton Rouge jury found a man guilty of first-degree murder Friday for stabbing a woman to death on Instagram Live during the haze of a multiday drug binge.
The verdict for Earl Lee Johnson Jr. culminated a five-day trial inside the 19th Judicial District Courthouse.
Johnson, 39, held 34-year-old Janice David hostage in his car before beating her with a tire iron, tying her up with jumper cables, torturing and stabbing her 42 times on April 18, 2022…