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Article: Man Guilty of Murdering College Student From Arlington
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- The Washington Post
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- May 23, 2008
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A Vermont man was convicted yesterday in the rape and murder of
Arlington native Michelle Gardner-Quinn, a committed
environmentalist whose disappearance attracted national attention
from celebrities and a network of close friends.
Jurors in Rutland, Vt., found Brian R. Rooney guilty in the
October 2006 slaying of Gardner-Quinn, 21, a University of Vermont
student who had a chance encounter with Rooney when she borrowed his
cellphone, according to Laurie Canty, manager for Rutland District
and Family Court. Rooney, 37, a construction worker and father of
three, faces a mandatory life prison term.
Gardner-Quinn, who grew up in North Arlington, disappeared from
downtown Burlington, where she ...