Edgewater resident Russell Bradshaw found guilty of capital murder

A Volusia County jury returned a guilty verdict of first-degree murder against Edgewater resident Russell Charles Bradshaw after deliberating less than three hours this afternoon in the Sept. 25, 2006, throat-slash slaying of 21-year-old Lisa Memro. The jury will return next Monday to the Volusia County Courthouse in DeLand to hear evidence during the sentencing portion of the trial before determining whether he receives life in prison or death by lethal injection. Bradshaw, 22, showed no emotion when the verdict was read as well as a second guilty verdict to sexual abuse of a dead body. Circuit Judge James R. Clayton cleared the courtroom after the verdicts so the jurors could be escorted to their vehicles. Just before he was led away, the 6-foot, 240-pound Bradshaw pulled his long brown hair out of a pony tail and appeared to have possibly wiped a tear from his face.