Overview
- Jurors concluded he killed the three siblings with extreme violence and ruled he knew the acts were wrong, accepting only a slight psychiatric alteration.
- The sentence is pending, with prosecutors seeking 36 years in prison and the defense asking for 30.
- Forensic exams determined the victims died from severe head trauma caused by a blunt object that was never recovered.
- Cellphone positioning placed him near the home on the day of the killings and two days later, when the jury says he returned to ignite a fire to erase traces.
- The panel rejected mitigation for confession, noting he surrendered weeks later after becoming a suspect, and deemed the attacks a premeditated decision matured during a prior jail term for assaulting one sister.