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A Fairbanks jury convicted Steven H. Downs, 47 guilty of raping and killing Sophie Sergie in a dormitory bathroom in 1993.This story will be updated.

Lawyers in the Sophie Sergie murder trial stepped the jury through evidence and testimony in four hours of closing remarks on Monday. 47-year old Steven Downs is charged with 1st degree murder and 1st degree sexual assault. Judge Thomas Temple turned the case over to the jury, who started their deliberations Monday afternoon.This next story refers to violent acts and may be disturbing for some listeners.

Another DNA expert examines a 2012 report and says it allows for the possibility of another man at crime. This story refers to violent acts and may be disturbing for some listeners.

Law enforcement officers who arrested Steven Downs for the 1993 rape and murder of Sophie Sergie, testified at Downs’s trial in Fairbanks Wednesday, February 2. Downs was a University of Alaska Fairbanks student who lived in the UAF dorm where Sergie’s body was found. This story talks of violence and might be traumatizing to some listeners.

Old college friends of Steven Downs, the defendant in the Sophie Sergie murder trial, testified they never thought he was a dangerous person capable of hurting anyone.

Katherine deSchweinitz, now Katherine deSchweinitz Lee, dated and lived with Steven Downs over her time at UAF in the 1990s

Nicholas Dazer shared a dormitory room with Steven Downs, who is accused of killing Sophie Sergie in 1993

Alaska State Troopers testify in cold case murder trial how they tried to interview students during finals week. This story talks of violence and might be traumatizing to some listeners.

Former Alaska Crime Lab forensic scientist recalls evidence collection

Residents of the 2nd floor of UAF's Bartlett Hall tell what they saw and heard