A Washington County Virginia Jury Has Convicted An Abingdon Man In Connection With The Death Of His Father. Joshua Copeland Was Found Guilty Of First Degree Murder In The Stabbing Death Of 67 Year Old Edsel Copeland. It Happened In The Parking Lot Of The Virginia Department Of Probation And Parole Office In Abingdon. Joshua Copeland Declined To Testify In His Trial. Sentencing Will Begin This Morning At Nine O’clock.