Father Convicted in Child Killings
An Oregon man who had admitted killing his wife and toddler daughter was convicted of murder Monday in the deaths of his two older children. Christian Longo, 29, was convicted of four counts of aggravated murder and could receive the death penalty. Judge Robert Huckleberry told the jury in Newport that the penalty phase begins Wednesday.
Longo previously admitted killing his wife, 34-year-old MaryJane, and his 2-year-old daughter, Madison. He claimed during testimony that he killed the two in a fit of rage after returning from work to find that MaryJane had killed the two other children, 4-year-old Zachery and Sadie, 3.
The jury took less than five hours to reach its verdict. Outside court, MaryJane’s sister said to reporters, “You know how we feel.”
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