Thursday, October 6, 2016, 1:44 PM

Thursday, October 6, 2016, 1:44 PM

Eleno Maldonado Jr., 25, of Muskogee was convicted of two murders today in Muskogee County District Court and sentenced to life in prison.

He murdered Abby Seals, 19, and Nicholas Rutherford, 25 at an apartment between Coco Bongos and Christie’s Toybox on US 69 in April of 2015.

Seals was staying in the apartment with Gregory Hurst, 36 at the time, who was out of the state when she was murdered.

Maldonado was tried earlier but the jury could not come to a decision.