A Springfield man faces 20 to 60 years in prison after he was convicted in a bench trial of murdering his mother.
Michael Seal was found guilty by Judge Leo Zappa following a two-day trial. Prosecutors say he stabbed his 53-year-old mother to death in 2009 because she had imposed conditions on him in order for him to live with her… including a rule that he was not allowed to drink.
Seal will be sentenced in October.