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Luke Wright found guilty on all counts

Photo of Laura Cummings

By WBFO Newsroom

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wbfo/local-wbfo-964387.mp3

Buffalo, NY – A North Collins man was found guilty Wednesday afternoon on all ten counts against him in the sexual abuse of his half-sister, 23-year old Laura Cummings.

A jury convicted 32-year-old Luke Wright of rape, sodomy, and torture of his half-sister before she was suffocated by her mother Eva Cummings last year.

Prosecutors Kristin St. Mary and Thomas Finnerty talked with reporters following the verdict. They described just how disturbing the material presented during the was for jurors.

The defense claimed that Wright also suffers from metal retardation and traumatic brain injury.

Eva Cummings is already serving jail time for the second degree murder.

You can click the above audio to hear the prosecutors speak after the verdict.