A man who prosecutors say was driven by vengeance when he fatally shot 6 members of his ex-wife's family, including 4 children, was sentenced Friday to death.
HOUSTON — A man who prosecutors say was driven by vengeance when he fatally shot six members of his ex-wife's family in Texas, including four children, was sentenced Friday to death, a decision the lone survivor of the attack says will help her let go of"hurt and anger."
After the sentence was announced, Cassidy Stay, now 20, read a victim impact statement from the witness stand, saying she had initially had felt"hurt and anger" after learning that Haskell felt no remorse for killing her family. Williford described how Haskell shot 4-year-old Zach in the shoulder — an injury he could have survived — and said the frightened child scurried in the chaos to his father on a couch, burying his head in his father's shoulder for protection."He scrambles over to his father, because that's what little boys do," Williford said.
Doug Durham told jurors that at the heart of prosecutors' arguments for a death sentence is"anger, hatred, fear, vengeance because of this terrible, terrible crime." But prosecutor Lauren Bard told jurors that Haskell's"issue is not his mental illness, his issue is his personality," describing him as a"manipulative, selfish, narcissistic, blame-shifting monster."
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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