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02/09/2012 04:48 PM

Jury finds Brion Peters guilty of manslaughter

By: Web Staff

Jury finds Brion Peters guilty of manslaughter

CHEMUNG COUNTY, N.Y. -- A Chemung County jury has founds Brion Peters guilty of second degree manslaughter.

Peters is one of two men involved in the death of Kanisha Wood, 20. She was killed last May when a substance used to manufacture methamphetamine exploded on a stove inside a cabin in the Town of Baldwin.

Peters was also found guilty of unlawful manufacture of methamphetamine in the third degree.