A 27-year-old Pacifica man who bludgeoned his friend to death with a hammer and knife in 2012 was found guilty by a San Mateo County Superior Court jury on Wednesday of second-degree murder, prosecutors said.
The jury convicted Marc Anthony Furlan after about six hours of deliberation and also found true enhancements alleging the use of deadly weapons, according to the San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office.
Furlan was arrested after police responded to a disturbance call at the home he shared with his father and two tenants on Dell Road early on the morning of Oct. 17, 2012.
Police arrived at about 5:15 a.m. to find Kevin Coffey, 24, unconscious on the ground in the front of the home with more than 50 visible wounds on his body. He was pronounced dead at the scene, prosecutors said.
Police said Furlan and Coffey were acquaintances and the death appeared to be a result of an altercation between them.
According to the District Attorney’s Office, Furlan tried to clean up the bloody crime scene and was trying to dispose of Coffey’s body when police arrived.
The homicide was the first in Pacifica in more than a decade, with the previous recorded one occurring in 2000.
Furlan will return to court for sentencing on Aug. 5. His defense attorney John Elworth was not immediately available to comment on the verdict.
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