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Central Illinois Husband Guilty of Wife's Murder
PEKIN, Ill. (AP) -- Jurors have found a central Illinois man guilty of murdering his wife in 2008.

The Journal Star in Peoria reports that jurors found Daniel Cleary of Normal guilty Wednesday of first-degree murder in the death of MeLisa Cleary. They deliberated only a short time.

Authorities say Cleary hit the 30-year-old woman in the head while trying to kill her in June 2008. He was arrested in April 2010 and pleaded not guilty.

Defense attorney Kirk Bode asked jurors not to ``get caught up'' in hysteria that says Cleary must have done it. Prosecutors said the greatest risk MeLisa Cleary ever took was getting involved with Daniel Cleary.

The couple lived in Mackinaw, about 15 miles southeast of Peoria.

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