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Harris Convicted In Lansing Murder Case

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Ann Arbor News, September 27, 1983
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1983
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Harris convicted in Lansing murder case

FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

MASON - A Jackson man, the prime suspect in the killing of two elderly Washtenaw County women, has been convicted of the second-degree murder of an elderly Lansing woman.

An Ingham County Circuit Court jury of seven men and five women on Monday convicted Micheal D. Harris, 20, in the November 1981 strangulation of Eula Curdy.

“I’m very bitter,” Harris said after the verdict. “I will appeal to the last drop of my blood.”

Harris did not testify during the trial before Circuit Judge Robert Holmes Bell.

Prosecutors presented evidence that Harris’ palm print was found on the seat of a dining room chair near the victim’s partially disrobed body.

Harris is serving a 60- to 90-year prison sentence after his conviction earlier this year for the attempted murder and rape of an elderly Jackson woman. He is awaiting trial on a first-degree murder charge stemming from the December 1981 slaying of Denise Swanson, 82, of Lansing.

Police also suspect him of killing two Washtenaw County women: Margorie Upson, 85, of Ypsilanti and Louise Koebnick, 84, of Ann Arbor. Both were killed in September 1982.