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Jam Master Jay's Murder Trial Verdict Brings Closure To Family

Jam Master Jay performs in Las Vegas

Jam Master Jay's family has found closure after a verdict was reached in his murder trial. The Run-DMC member, Jason Mizell, was tragically killed in his recording studio in Queens, New York, on Oct. 30, 2002, at the age of 37.

The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York announced that Mizell's godson Karl Jordan, Jr., 40, and his childhood friend Ronald Washington, 59, were found guilty of his murder by a federal jury in Brooklyn. They were charged with murder while engaged in a narcotics trafficking conspiracy and firearm-related murder, facing a sentence of 20 years to life.

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