‘Child killer’ sentenced to deathBy ASSOCIATED PRESSCOLUMBIA, S.C.: A jury says a South Carolina father should be executed for killing his five children. The jury unanimously agreed on the death penalty Thursday (Friday in Manila) for 37-year-old Timothy Jones Jr. in the slayings of his children, ages 1 to 8, in their Lexington home in August 2014. Jones admitted he exercised 6-year-old Nathan until he collapsed and died, then several hours later decided to kill the other four children — Merah, 8; Elias, 7; Gabriel, 2; and Abigail, 1.

Source: Manila Times June 14, 2019 16:41 UTC