Alert 'Stabbed 68 times': Lynchburg man found guilty of murdering ex-girlfriend Mark Hand The News & Advance Feb 9, 2026 Feb 9, 2026 Updated Feb 10, 2026 0 Tony Brown Blue Ridge Regional Jail Authority Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Mark Hand The News & Advance A Lynchburg man was found guilty of first-degree murder on Monday in the 2023 stabbing death of his ex-girlfriend at her home on Boonsboro Road.kAmx? E96 36?49 EC:2=[ {J?493FC8 r:C4F:E r@FCE yF586 u] !2EC:4< *62EED 2=D@ 7@F?5 %@?J qC@H?[ cd[ 8F:=EJ @7 EH@ 4@F?ED @7 3FC8=2CJ @7 2 9@FD6 H:E9 :?E6?E E@ 4@>>:E >FC56C 2?5 @?6 4@F?E @7 G:@=2E:@? @7 2 AC@E64E:G6 @C56C H9:=6 2C>65 H:E9 2 5625=J H62A@? :? E96 562E9 @7 ca\J62C\@=5 }:4@=6 #@DD6C]k^AmkAmpD *62EED 2??@F?465 9:D G6C5:4E[ E96 >2?J 72>:=J >6>36CD 2?5 7C:6?5D @7 #@DD6C H9@ 7:==65 E96 4@FCEC@@> 3C62E965 2 D:89 @7 C6=:67] #@DD6C’D >@E96C 2=D@ 4@F=5 36 962C5 H66A:?8 2?5 2D<:?8 qC@H? 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