A Town of Tonawanda man is facing life in prison for killing his girlfriend.
A jury found 50-year-old John Avent guilty of murder Monday after a nearly week-long trial.
The panel convicted Avent of fatally stabbing his girlfriend, 51-year-old Roberta Rybinski, inside their Newell Avenue apartment between March 3 and March 8, 2016.
Avent faces 25 years to life in prison when he is sentenced on April 21.