Jury Convicts Ryan Ashland, Who Beat Man To Death With Baseball Bat Outside Denver Strip Club

DENVER (CBS4) - A Denver jury has convicted a 44-year-old man of murder after he attacked four people with a baseball bat in 2019. The crime committed by Ryan Ashland happened outside PT's Show Club on the 1600 block of West Evans Avenue on a Sunday afternoon.

Ryan Ashland (credit: Denver Police Department)

Three people survived, including a dancer at the club and a 56-year-old man who tried to help her, but a man named Wendell Janis died.

(credit: CBS)

The jury convicted Ashland on eight counts including first degree murder after deliberating for an hour.

Investigators told CBS4 they have never determined what motivated Ashland to attack his victims.

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