convicted John Price,Nazi John, I'm very, very pleased. There was no body, no forensics and no weapon

A King County jury has convicted John Price, a Ghost Riders motorcycle gang member, of first-degree murder and related charges. The jury issued its ruling just more than 24 hours after arguments in the case concluded, finding that Price, 37, had killed Don Jessup at a Ravensdale trailer in December 2004. Price was also found guilty of two counts of witness tampering, charges that resulted from Price sending threatening letters to witnesses against him. Price, known as “Nazi John” in the gang because of his numerous neo-Nazi tattoos, had been accused of killing Jessup after an argument about a motorcycle. Though Jessup’s body has not been found, prosecutors believe Price beat him with an ax handle before shooting him in the head.Price was a member of the Ghost Riders motorcycle gang and known among fellow bikers as "Nazi John," O'Toole said. Jessup was a past president of the Gypsy Jokers, a rival gang."I'm very, very pleased. There was no body, no forensics and no weapon," O'Toole said of the verdict.Defense attorney Julie Gaisford told jurors that the testimony by many of the witnesses should be discounted because of their drug addictions, criminal histories and anger at Price.The 23-year-old mother of Price's three children testified against him during the first week of the trial.

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