(AP) -- A Cleveland County jury has convicted a Cherryville man in the rape and murder of an elderly woman 10 years ago.
The jury reached its verdict Monday in the trial of 54-year-old Donald Borders. He was charged with first degree murder, first degree rape and felony breaking and entering.
Borders was charged in the 2003 death of 79-year-old Margaret Tessneer in Shelby, about 50 miles west of Charlotte. Survivors of two other elderly women found dead around the same time want to know whether Borders is behind those deaths as well.
Shelby police say they're still looking for evidence linking Borders to those deaths, but it's not clear if they have found any. All three were found dead in their beds, with doors unlocked and phone lines disconnected.