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Burlco man guilty in 2017 fatal stabbing of mother’s boyfriend

William E. Hines Jr. convicted in the death of Scott Willis.

William E. Hines Jr.
William E. Hines Jr.Read moreBurlington County Prosecutor's Office

A 35-year-old Burlington County man was convicted Thursday in the fatal stabbing of his mother's boyfriend during an argument in 2017.

A jury found William E. Hines Jr. guilty of first-degree murder and related offenses in the death of Scott Willis, 54.  Hines is scheduled to be sentenced Nov. 8.

Police responding to a report of a stabbing on Oct. 29, 2017, found Willis critically wounded on the bathroom floor of a Burlington Township apartment that he shared with Hines.

Hines was caught the next day. Willis died at Cooper University Hospital on Nov. 4.