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Jason Thornburg was convicted of capital murder Wednesday and now the same Tarrant County jury that found him guilty must determine whether he will be sentenced to death or spend the rest of his life in prison without the possibility of parole, according to Fox. 4.
In September 2021, Thornburg killed three people, dismembered their bodies, and stored them under his bed at a motel in Euless, Texas, before lighting the bodies on fire in a dumpster in Fort Worth.
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Jason Thornburg (Tarrant County Jail)
Thornburg admitted to investigators that he felt the need to commit “ritual sacrifices” and that he ate a victim's heart and other body parts.
His lawyers argued that he was insane when he committed the murders and suffered from serious mental illness.
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Thornburg admitted to investigators that he was called to “commit sacrifices” and that he ate a victim's heart and other body parts. (iStock)
When he was arrested on murder allegations, Thornburg confessed to police that he killed his roommate in May 2021 during a suspicious home explosion and his girlfriend in Arizona in 2017.
Those two previous killings were discussed in court Thursday, when the punishment portion of the trial began.
The jury must now determine whether he will be sentenced to death or spend the rest of his life in prison without the possibility of parole. (iStock)
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The victims' families cannot speak publicly until the punishment phase is over.