Gilbert Newton III NORRISTOWN, Pa. - A man has been convicted of first-degree murder in the stabbing death of an ex-girlfriend in the parking lot of a suburban Philadelphia train station last year.Jurors in Montgomery County deliberated for about 2 1/2 hours Wednesday before convicting 19-year-old Gilbert Newton III of the first-degree charge in the slaying of 18-year-old Morgan McCaffery.
He faces a mandatory term of life in prison without the possibility of parole.Abington Township police reported finding McCaffery’s body near her running car in the Meadowbrook Train Station parking lot in July 2020.
An autopsy indicated that she had been stabbed and slashed at least 30 times. Less than two hours later, Philadelphia police were called to.