Van driver found guilty of murder

TUSCOLA – Douglas County Judge Frank Lincoln said that when defendant Levi Gast crashed his vehicle head-on into an oncoming vehicle, Gast expected to die in the crash, so he had to have known the other driver would likely be killed too.

Friday afternoon, Lincoln found Gast guilty of first-degree murder, and scheduled Gast's sentence hearing for Aug. 22. Gast could serve 20 to 60 years, with no possibility of parole.

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