SAN ANTONIO – After roughly six hours of deliberation, a Bexar County jury on Friday found Larry Moore guilty of capital murder.
Moore was accused of murdering 25-year-old Dianna Lowery in 1987. An autopsy revealed she was strangled and sexually assaulted.
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It took years to build the case against Moore. He was first arrested for the crime back in 2005, but the case was later dismissed. Moore was charged again after the case was reopened in 2018.
Moore, 69, was sentenced to life in prison. He will be eligible for parole after serving 40 years.
On Friday morning, the jury heard closing arguments from each the prosecution and defense.
During the trial, the prosecution has presented some damaging testimony and evidence.
On Tuesday, Moore’s wife took the stand and spoke about an email conversation she had with her son.
In the emails she mentions “the awful crime” Larry committed she shouldn’t have told her son about.
The defense tried to discredit Phelps’ testimony by asking her basic questions to show the jury that Phelps can often get confused and forgetful.
On Wednesday, results of DNA testing were presented to the jury by the forensic serologist who conducted testing on the sexual assault kit done on Lowery.
“It is a 780 quintillion times more likely that they originated from Dianna Lowery and Larry Moore,” Garon Foster said.