TUCSON, Ariz. — A man already serving a life sentence for killing an Arizona teen in 2014 was found guilty Thursday of first-degree murder for killing another Tucson girl several years ago. received.

Pima County Superior Court jurors also found Christopher Clements, 42, guilty of kidnapping and robbery in the death of 6-year-old Isabel Celis, who disappeared from her parents' home in 2012. I put it down.

Clements is scheduled to be sentenced on March 25th.

Jurors began deliberating Tuesday in Clements' retrial, which began Feb. 7. An earlier trial last year resulted in a mistrial when jurors could not reach a verdict.

Clements became a suspect in Celis' death in 2017, according to Tucson police. Clements reportedly told FBI agents that he could lead them to the girl's body in exchange for the charges against him in an unrelated robbery being dropped, but that he had nothing to do with her death. He said.

In closing arguments Tuesday, Deputy County Attorney Tracy Miller told jurors it was no coincidence that no one but Clements could find Celis during the five years she was missing. arizona daily star report.

“He's not going to come forward unless he has something to gain,” Miller said. “It can't be anyone else.”

According to the Arizona Daily Star, Clements' attorney Eric Kessler told jurors there was nothing linking Clements to the crime and that police could not prove that Clements entered the home. Stated.

Clements, who was arrested in 2018 in the deaths of Celis and 13-year-old Maribel Gonzalez, disappeared while on her way to a friend's house in June 2014. Gonzalez's body was found several days later in a remote area north of Tucson.

Clements was sentenced to natural life in prison in 2022 for kidnapping and killing Gonzalez. Jurors in Mr. Clements' retrial were not told of his conviction or that Mr. Clements had been convicted of sex crimes in multiple states when he was 16 years old.