Overview

• Houck and Joseph Lawson are scheduled to be sentenced at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday in Nelson County after their July convictions in Warren County.
• Jurors found Houck guilty of murder and complicity to tampering with evidence and recommended life in prison plus five years.
• Jurors convicted Lawson of conspiracy to commit murder and tampering with evidence and recommended a 25-year sentence.
• A judge granted Houck's sister, Rhonda McIlvoy, permanent custody of his 12-year-old son with Crystal Rogers.
• Defense attorneys point to an unidentified fingerprint on Rogers' phone and challenge interrogation tactics as they prepare for appeals.