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Man convicted in beating death of Fairborn grad

Christopher Kernich

Adrian A. Barker

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Updated 8:38 PM Friday, April 23, 2010

Jurors took a few hours to deliberate before they convicted a 22-year-old man in the beating death of Fairborn High School graduate Christopher Kernich near the Kent State University campus.

Adrian Barker, a University of Akron student, was found guilty Friday, April 23, of two counts of murder and one count each of felonious assault and tampering with evidence.

Kernich, 23, was a Kent State student who died at Akron City Hospital on Nov. 21, six days after the attack. The beating left Kernich in a coma with massive head injuries, and he never regained consciousness.

Two other Akron students have been charged in connection with Kernich's death.

Read more on the verdict from the Akron Beacon Journal .

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