KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A Kansas City man was convicted Friday of killing his teenage girlfriend five years ago.

A Jackson County jury found Glenn Berry, 24, guilty of second-degree murder in the death of Carita Johnson, whose remains were found last summer.

The 16-year-old girl was last seen May 30, 1998, leaving her parents' house, just 10 blocks from where her body was found buried in a shallow grave.

Her car, keys, purse, pager and other belongings were found the morning after she disappeared in a restaurant parking lot.

Police said Berry confessed to the killing in June 2002 and led them to the girl's remains.

Police suspected from the beginning that Johnson had been killed, and the case was assigned to the homicide unit. Detectives began collecting evidence that pointed to Berry, who was the last one to see her alive, but did not have enough evidence to arrest him until last year.