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Manuel Verduzco of Selah faces a sentence of life in prison without parole after a jury last month found him guilty of two counts of first degree aggravated murder in the March 2016 shooting deaths of Marta Martinez and Karina Morales-Rodriguez.

Both Moneytree employees who had just arrived for work at the store in Yakima.

Manuel Verduzco of Selah is charged with two counts of aggravated first degree murder in the March 26, 2016 shooting deaths of Marta Martinez and Karina Morales-Rodriguez.

The sunshine felt oddly out of place Tuesday afternoon as it warmed the corner of South First and East Walnut streets in Yakima, and a gusty breeze was not enough to dry the tears shed for the tragic loss of two young lives. The location is where two young mothers, both Moneytree employees, were brutally shot and killed early Saturday morning...