(La Porte, IN) - A man was convicted yesterday in the beating death of his grandmother in LaPorte last year.  Anthony Carter, Jr. was found guilty in La Porte Circuit Court.

It took a jury about 90 minutes to reach a verdict in the murder case.  Authorities say Carter beat 75-year-old Beulah Biege at her home in the 100 block of Warren St. in La Porte.  Authorities say he fled in her 2003 Jeep Liberty.  Biege died about ten days after the assault.

The Michigan City man could receive anywhere from 45 to 65 years on the murder conviction along with additional time on the robbery and theft counts he was also found guilty of committing.