Guilty on All Charges

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I mentioned two days ago that a very well-known murder case was going to jury deliberations yesterday. The jury deliberated for 4 hours before finding both defendants guilty on all charges. I told you some background on the case of the young mother of 5 children who went missing 10 years ago and then a few years later her father was mysteriously killed as well. It's all been very tragic for the family. You can read my prior post of July 7th for more details. The boyfriend was found guilty of murder (principal or accomplice to the crime) and complicity tampering with physical evidence. His co-defendant was found guilty for conspiracy to commit murder and tampering with physical evidence, There is a bit of a twist. The co-defendant's father was also involved in this crime and had his trial was few months ago. The father of the co-defendant was convicted of the same charges and sentenced to 17 years in prison. During his trial, he threw his son and the boyfriend under the bus. The jury recommended maximum sentences for both men, which is life in prison plus five years for the boyfriend and 25 years for the co-defendant. Both would have to serve 85% of their sentence before being eligible for parole. Pretty much everybody in Kentucky is saying, "Finally!" We've all known for a long time that the boyfriend was guilty of this crime . . . and probably others including a high-profile murder of a police officer several years ago.