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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Clarion County, PA) A judge sentenced William Fortuna of Beaver County to life in prison yesterday after a jury found him guilty of first-degree murder. 

Fortuna is one of three men who was charged in connection with the death of fifty-seven-year-old George Dayieb of Murrysville. 

Dayieb was found inside a trailer in Clarion County on December 29th, 2023 and he was shot in the back of his head. 

According to Allegheny County police, Fortuna, Jeremy Fisher and Braden Elliott conspired to kill Dayieb over a large debt. 

Police deemed the situation as a “murder for hire” plot. 

Elliott testified so he could exchange for a third-degree murder plea. 

Fisher, who is the business associate of Fortuna, is waiting for a trial.