Jury deliberates Adam Longoria's murder charge in Alicia DeBolt slaying

(CBS/AP) GREAT BEND, Kan. - Jurors have begun deliberating in the capital murder trial of  Adam Longoria, who is accused of killing 14-year-old cheerleader Alicia DeBolt. DeBolt's badly burned body was found at the asphalt plant where the suspect worked.

Picture: Alicia DeBolt: A Life Cut Short

Prosecutors say Longoria was "obsessed" with the teenage cheerleader, and claim he lured her into his vehicle after texting her about a party on the weekend before she was supposed to start her freshman year in high school.

During Friday's closing arguments, prosecutors recounted the hundreds of text messages that Longoria exchanged with DeBolt before the teen's August 2010 death. Prosecutor Kevin O'Connor also noted that Longoria's semen was found mixed with DeBolt's DNA in his vehicle.

The defense conceded that the relationship between the then-36-year-old man and the teenage girl was inappropriate but insisted he didn't kill her.

To convict Longoria of capital murder, jurors must determine not only that he killed DeBolt but that he committed criminal sodomy or attempted rape during the slaying. If convicted of the charge, Longoria faces life in prison without parole. 

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