BREAKING NEWS: SHORTLY AFTER 8 PM TONIGHT THE JURY RETURNED A VERDICT OF GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS FOR LESLIE PIPERSBURGH AND PATRICK ROBATEAU
After a trial that lasted 6 weeks, tonight the jury in the Leslie Pipersburgh and Patrick Robateau quadruple murder trail is deliberating.
This afternoon at 1:30, trial judge Troadio John Gonzalez delivered a lengthy summation to the jury.
Keith Swift has been there throughout, and a few minutes ago - he told us what Gonzalez told the jury.
Keith SwiftReporting,
Indira that is the room where right now 5 women and 7 men are deliberating the faith of Leslie Pipersburgh and Patrick Robateau. Before they leave that room, before this night is over they could have a verdict.
But it might take a while as the jury has to go over 6 weeks of testimony including 22 witnesses, 2 dock statements from the defendants, and dozens of evidence ranging from crime scene photos to the alleged murder weapons.
Again this is all in their hands, and we will have to wait.
The summation concluded at 6:00 pm, probably a record 4 ½ hours. The members of the jury will now remain sequestered through the night until they arrive at a verdict. We'll have the full details of that in tomorrow's newscast.