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3rd man found guilty in French artist's murder in Detroit

Bilal Berreni found shot to death in July 2013 outside abandoned housing project

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DETROIT – A jury has found Dionte Travis guilty of felony murder in the July 2013 slaying of a 23-year-old French street artist in Detroit.

When he was found killed, Bilal Berreni had no identification on him and it took seven months before police identified him through fingerprints. He was killed during a robbery outside an abandoned Detroit housing project. He had been shot in the face. His body was left in the street.

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Drequone Rich, Jasin Curtis and Travis were originally charged with first-degree murder. Rich pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in September. Curtis also pleaded guilty earlier this year to second-degree murder.

Travis will be sentenced Dec. 17 before Judge Bruce Morrow. Rich was sentenced to 23-40 in prison while Curtis was sentenced to 25-40 years in prison.

A 14-year-old also was charged in the case as a juvenile.

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--Where Berreni's body was found


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