On Friday, a judge found Philip Vatamaniuc guilty of first degree murder in the 2013 shooting death of a 20-year old Highland Park man.
Colin Nutter was killed in 2013 and his body dumped just off the Edens expressway.
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Prosecutors say Nutter was killed after meeting Vatamaniuc, Benjamin Schenk and Michael Coffee in Highwood to sell them marijuana.
Nutter's body was found dumped by the side of a frontage road in Wilmette by a girl walking a dog. And while all three men were charged with first degree murder, Vatamaniuc's case is the first - and possibly the only one - to come to trial.
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Benjamin Schenk has pleaded guilty in exchange for a lighter sentence.
Michael Coffee has been declared mentally unfit to be tried.