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A man is sentenced to Nebraska Death Row for a quadruple murder in the northeast part of the state.
A three- judge panel on Friday sentenced Jason Jones after he was found guilty in 2024 of four counts of first-degree murder, in the deaths of Michelle Ebeling, Janet Twiford, Gene Twiford, and their daughter Dana Twiford.
Their bodies were found in two separate homes in Laurel, Nebraska, Cedar County, in August 2022.
The homes had been set on fire.
Carrie Jones, Jason Jones's wife, is serving a life sentence for her role in the murders.
Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers issued a statement after the death sentence:
"We are grateful for the work of the three-judge panel and their thorough and well-reasoned order. The panel laid out the horrific details surrounding the quadruple homicide Jason Jones committed and explained why the death penalty is an appropriate sentence under these facts, under the language of the Nebraska statutes, and the history of Nebraska case law where the death penalty was impose
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