"I want to thank you guys," Madrid told the jurors after they announced their sentence. "I know it probably wasn't easy on you guys." ...

After a 27-day trial, a jury found Alex Madrid guilty on all counts in the murder of Claudia Lucero. The jury deliberated for less than an hour.

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — It was more than 10 years ago that 14-year-old girl Claudia Lucero was found strangled to death in a Mesa dumpster. Thursday was the first day of the capital murder trial ...