A Jefferson Parish juror found Melvin Miller guilty today of killing a couple in Metairie.
Prosecutors described the victims as a transgender woman and her live-in lover.
It happened in an apartment seven years ago.
"Miller, 27, of Baton Rouge, was convicted as charged of two counts of second-degree murder in the Feb. 5, 2014 deaths of Akeem Boudreaux, 22, and Morris Alexander Williams, 26, who also went by the names Milan or Mimi," Jefferson Parish District Attorney's Office Public Information Officer Paul Purpura said in a news release.
He added, "Miller shot each of them once in their heads in the 2200 block of Edenborn Avenue."
It was more than a week before anyone found the victims.
"The bodies were discovered nine days later."
Prosecutors told the jury that Miller traveled to Metairie via the LA Swift bus service on the day of the homicides.
They said after the murders, he returned to Baton Rouge in Williams’ silver Pontiac and took Williams’ iPhone and computer.
"Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office detective Sgt. Rhonda Goff tracked the suspect to Baton Rouge via the stolen car and the license plate recognition system."
Baton Rouge police arrested him.
Judge Scott Schlegel of the 24th Judicial District Court is scheduled to sentence Miller on Feb. 20.
