Prosecutors hoping a jury will sentence a convicted killer to death describe the brutal slaying of a 4-year-old boy, his parents and three of his siblings at their Houston-area home.
Ronald Haskell leaves the court during a break in the punishment phase of his capital murder trial on Monday, Sept. 30, 2019, in Houston. Haskell was found guilty of killing six members of his ex-wife's family in 2014.
A jury in Houston is deliberating whether to sentence Ronald Lee Haskell to death or life in prison without the possibility of parole afterhim of capital murder on Sept. 26 in the deaths of Stephen and Katie Stay. The jury rejected his attorneys’ efforts to have him found not guilty by reason of insanity.
Williford described how Haskell shot Zach in the shoulder — an injury he could have survived — and that the child scurried in the chaos over to his father on a couch, burying his head in his father’s shoulder for protection. But by that point, Zach’s father was already dead, Williford said.Haskell then went over to Zach, pointed a gun to the back of his head and pulled the trigger, she said.Cassidy Stay, now 20, was in court on Friday and cried when Williford detailed the killing of her family.
Durham said Haskell’s long history of mental illness, in which he was treated by multiple doctors, should be considered by the jury as a mitigating factor in deciding that life in prison would be a more appropriate sentence. His attorneys said Haskell heardDurham urged jurors to consider “compassion and forgiveness” instead of “hate, anger” when making their decision.
Besides Stephen and Katie Stay and their son Zach, Haskell also killed 7-year-old Rebecca; 9-year-old Emily; and 13-year-old Bryan. Katie Stay was Lyon’s sister.
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