UPDATED Oct 4, 2023, ‘Evil on earth’: Long-haul trucker convicted of 1996 rape, murder. It took investigators about 26 years to arrest a suspect after Sharon Hammack was raped, murdered and left along the side of a road near Grand Rapids MI. Garry Artman, 64, of White Springs, Florida, was linked to the slaying by DNA evidence. It took a jury about half an hour to convict him. Garry Artman was found guilty Thursday of first-degree criminal sexual conduct, first-degree felony murder and first-degree premeditated murder in the death of Sharon Hammack. Serial killer Garry Artman showed no emotion at the verdict was read.  The 29-year-old mother of two, who was pregnant, had been raped, stabbed, strangled and hogtied. Her body was wrapped in a blanket bound with electrical cords. “Prostitutes are an easy target because, No. 1, he thinks they’re sinners, and No. 2, nobody cares — they’re prostitutes. That’s his thinking.” If his health holds up, Garry Altman is set to stand trial in Mar...