CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - A second suspect was found guilty in connection with the kidnapping, torture, and murder of Alishah Pointer, 22, in 2021.
Anthony Bryant's trial began on Oct. 20 in front of Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Judge Mollie Ann Murphy.
On Oct. 31, Bryant was found guilty of two counts of aggravated murder, three counts of murder, two counts of felonious assault, two counts of kidnapping, and one count of conspiracy.
No sentencing date has been scheduled.
In September, Brittany Smith pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated murder and one count of conspiracy to commit kidnapping.
The guilty plea came in the middle of Smith's jury trial in front of Judge Murphy. Smith will be sentenced Nov. 19.
The remaining four suspects, Hakeem-Ali Shomo, Nathaniel Poke Jr., Destiny Henderson, and Portria Williams are still waiting to go on trial.
Pointer's body was found on Nov. 9, 2021 in the basement of a burned out abandoned home in the 14500 block of Savannah Ave. in East Cleveland.
According to court documents, on Nov. 4, 2021, Henderson, Williams, Poke Jr. and Hakeem Ali Shomo drove to a home near Glenmont and Superior Roads in East Cleveland and forced two women to get into their car at gunpoint.
The four suspects then allegedly had the female victims take them to Pointer's location.
Once at Pointer's location, the suspects lured her into their vehicle .
The Cuyahoga County prosecutor said after releasing their first two kidnapping victims, the suspects drove Pointer to Williams's home and held her into the next day.
While there, Brittany Smith and Anthony Bryant arrived and Poke left, according to documents.
Shomo, Smith and Bryant then allegedly physically assaulted Pointer in order to gain information related to their friend's death.
Shomo then allegedly left the home and Henderson, Smith, Williams and Bryant forced Pointer into their vehicle and drove her to an abandoned home on Savannah Avenue.
After forcing her inside the house, Williams and Bryant fired several shots at Pointer, according to court documents