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A former Texas football standout was found guilty of killing a
jogger with a machete in 2015.

The jury delivered Thomas Johnson’s verdict in less than 30
minutes on Tuesday, the Dallas Morning-News reported. He had
previously confessed to the murder in October 2015.

Johnson, who starred at Skyline High School and played one
season at Texas A&M, confessed five years ago to killing Dave
Stevens along White Rock Creek Trail in East Dallas. He called
authorities moments after the killing and that DNA evidence also
pointed to his guilt, prosecutors said Monday.

“He's dead. There was a sword in his head. Do you understand?” a
recording of Johnson’s phone call to police said, according to
the Dallas Morning-News.

A Dallas County Medical Examiner’s office official said no one
could have survived wounds, according to CBS Dallas-Fort Worth.

Johnson was originally found incompetent to stand trial in 2016,
and he was committed to a psychiatric hospital. He was then
deemed fit for trial in June 2018 following a report on his
mental state from the hospital, according to court records.

The trial entered the sentencing stage after the verdict was
read.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/thomas-johnson-texas-football-
standout-guilty

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