October 5, 2000
Section: TUCSON/REGION
Page: B4
2nd man guilty in death of DEA informant Keyes
Inger Sandal
A federal jury convicted a second man yesterday in the shooting death of a Drug Enforcement Administration informant in Tucson more than two years ago.
Jurors deliberated nearly three days before finding Freddie Taylor, 37, guilty of conspiracy to commit first-degree murder, first-degree murder, accessory after the fact to the murder, and tampering with a witness. He faces life in prison when U.S. District Judge John M. Roll sentences him Dec. 11.
The jury in Taylor’s first trial deadlocked in April after almost a week of deliberations.
Prosecutors allege that Michael Waggoner and Taylor killed Alzinnia Keyes because she had given federal agents information on crack cocaine dealers in the area. She was shot in front of more than 20 witnesses and died 12 days later.
Source: www.azstarnet.com
