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Michigan Jury Finds Jeffery Morris Guilty of Murdering Poker Pro Susie Zhao

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Warning: The following article contains graphic details involving murder and sexual assault.

It took a Michigan jury less than 12 hours on Friday, Oct. 7 to find Jeffery Bernard Morris guilty of murdering former professional poker player Susie Zhao in July 2020.

Morris, 62, was found guilty of first-degree premeditated murder and felony murder in Oakland County Circuit Court for the killing of Zhao, a regular in the Los Angeles poker scene whose badly burned and mutilated body was discovered in a state recreation area.