A Washington County jury today found a man from Pittsburgh guilty of first-degree murder in the slayings of two college students 10 years ago.

After deliberating until 11:30 p.m. last night, the jury discussed the case for another hour this morning before returning the verdict against Terrell Yarbrough around noon.

Mr. Yarbrough, 29, formerly of East Liberty, and a co-defendant, Nathan Herring, were accused of robbing and kidnapping Brian Muha, 18, of Westerville, Ohio, and Aaron Land, 20, of Philadelphia, from their apartment, forcing them into Mr. Muha's car and killing the students several miles away in Washington County, Pa. Their remains were found June 4, 1999.

Mr. Yarbrough had already been convicted and sentenced to die for the murders in Ohio in 2000, but the Ohio Supreme Court later threw out the murder and conspiracy convictions, saying the case should have been tried in Pennsylvania, where the students' bodies were found several days after they went missing.

Prosecutors will be asking the same jury to impose the death penalty on Mr. Yarbrough, and that phase of the trial will begin either later today or tomorrow.

Mr. Herring is to be tried next.

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