NEW LONDON, Conn. (AP) A Haitian national has been convicted in the June 2015 killing of a Connecticut woman shortly after his release from prison.

A jury in New London on Monday found 41-year-old Jean Jacques guilty of murder in the stabbing death of 25-year-old Casey Chadwick in her Norwich apartment. Her body was found in a closet in her apartment.

Jacques spent more than 15 years behind bars after he was found guilty of attempted murder in Norwich in 1996 but wasn't deported when he was released from prison.

Attorney Chester Fairlie is working with the family on an investigation into the immigration policy that allowed Jacques to stay in the country after he was released from prison.

Jacques faces up to 60 years behind bars when he's sentenced on June 6.