A jury has found Shawn Grate guilty on all counts of aggravated murder and kidnapping.
No reaction from confessed, and now convicted killer, Shawn Grate as the verdicts were read. @WEWS pic.twitter.com/EiS0Iwschp
— Bob Jones WEWS (@bobjonesTV) May 7, 2018
Grate's sentencing phase will begin Friday, May 18. The same jury that convicted Grate will also decide if he should receive the death penalty.
Grate stood accused of strangling Liz Griffith and Stacey Hicks to death after kidnapping and sexually assaulting them. He also was accused of sexually assaulting a "Jane Doe" who escaped. Griffith and Hicks were found dead at the home Grate occupied on Covert Court in Ashland in September 2016.
Last week, Grate withdrew previous non-guilty pleas and pleaded guilty to 15 charges including rape, burglary, tampering with evidence, gross abuse of a corpse and kidnapping with sexual motivation.
MORE SHAWN GRATE TRIAL COVERAGE
Grate murder trial Day 9: The jury deliberates
Grate murder trial Day 8: The plea deal
Grate murder trial Day 7: Liz Griffith's death
Grate murder trial Day 6: Clues
Grate murder trial Day 5: The confession
Grate murder trial Day 4: Held captive
Grate murder trial Day 3: A disappearance
