Former deputy found guilty of murder

A former Leslie County deputy has been found guilty of murder.

The jury deliberated several hours before returning the verdict Tuesday afternoon.

Jeremy Lewis, a former deputy in Leslie County, was charged with murder, tampering with physical evidence, and abuse of a corpse in the 2018 disappearance of Tyler North, also of Leslie County. A jury deemed him guilty on all charges.

The trial was moved to Clay from Leslie due to pre-trial publicity.

North was declared missing in 2018, but after a two-year investigation, North’s skull was found in Leslie County, and DNA evidence eventually led to the arrest of Lewis and North’s girlfriend, Michelle North.