A jury found Caleb Cannon guilty of first-degree murder this afternoon (Monday, May 22, 2017) in the death of his child’s mother, Nikki Burgess. Burgess is formerly from Cumberland County, Tennessee.

The jury began deliberating about 2 p.m. after both the defense and prosecution delivered their closing arguments. The guilty verdict was reached less than two hours later about 3:45 p.m. With the guilty verdict, Cannon will be automatically sentenced to life in prison

Burgess vanished in May 2014, never to be seen or heard from again. Her body has also yet to be found. Cannon’s former cellmate testified last week that Cannon told him he took her body to a farm and used a machine to grind it up.