PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — A Providence man has been found guilty of killing a 36-year-old man nearly a decade ago, Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha announced Friday. A jury convicted Miguel Tebalan-Rivera, 42, of second-degree murder and possessing a knife with a blade longer than three inches during a crime of violence in the death of Julio Perez Mejia at a Providence apartment. On Dec. 23, 2015, police said Tebalan-Rivera walked into one of their stations and confessed to the killing, offering to take officers to the scene. At the time, police told 12 News that Tebalan-Rivera fatally stabbed a guest in his own third-floor apartment on Moore Street. Inside, officers discovered Perez Mejia unresponsive, lying in a large pool of blood with multiple stab wounds. He was pronounced dead shortly after. Tebalan-Rivera was initially convicted of the same charges in 2018 following a two-day bench trial and sentenced to 60 years in prison, with 50 years to serve. BACKGROUND: Man sentenced to 50 years in prison for Providence murder However, in 2021, the conviction was overturned, and a new trial was ordered after a Superior Court judge found that his lawyer failed to argue self-defense and that police violated his Miranda rights. Tebalan-Rivera is currently being held without bail at the Adult Correctional Institutions. A sentencing date has not yet been set. "In 2015, Julio was stabbed and left to die because this defendant preferred to settle a score with callous violence," Neronha said in a press release. "Julio’s family, like so many other families affected by violent crime, must endure lifetimes of pain because someone chose to commit an act of senseless violence. We can and we must do better as a community." Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. Subscribe Now Breaking News SIGN UP NOW