Politics & Government

Prosecutors to Seek Death Penalty

Joshua Drucker of McDonough was found guilty Monday of murdering two people in 2004.

to begin Tuesday for Joshua Kevin Drucker of McDonough, who was found guilty by a Monday on all counts in the drug-related killings of two people at a house near Marietta, the Marietta Daily Journal reports.

Prosecutors intend to seek the death penalty in the sentencing phase of the trial.

Drucker was also convicted of armed robbery, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and credit card fraud, Marietta 11 Alive reports.

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The shootings of 40-year-old David Andrew Robertson and 25-year-old Lora Nikolova occurred on April 5, 2004, Marietta 11 Alive says.

Drucker at one time served as youth minister at the Global Outreach Church his father pastored in Stockbridge, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.

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