Man Found Guilty in Strangling of Girlfriend By Chris Helms on May 10, 2016 Man Found Guilty in Strangling of Girlfriend The last time Phillip Carrington stood trial in the death of Celestine Walker, the jury couldn’t reach a verdict. But on Tuesday a jury found the 51-year-old guilty of murder. Walker, 45 when she died, was found dead in her JP apartment in May 2013.