Following the death of 14-year-old Heather Baynard, authorities found 40 neglected animals at the South Carolina home. One dog was already dead, and two puppies had to be euthanized.
“I think it is too severe of a punishment,” said Joi Miskel, Kristie Evans’ defense attorney, who argued her client endured years of sexual servitude at the hands of her husband Pastor David Evans.
The 65-year-old former taxi driver was convicted of murdering his teenage daughters, Sarah and Amina Said, following a six-day trial. He will spend the rest of his life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Danielle Redlick, who was acquitted of her husband Michael Redlick's murder, got a sentence of time served and a year's probation after her conviction for evidence tampering in the case.
Dawan Ferguson, who was found guilty of killing his 9-year-old disabled son Christian Ferguson in 2003, has now also been found guilty of molesting his stepdaughters between 2000 and 2013.
Daniel Negrete and Fatima Avila have been charged with killing Negrete's cousin's wife, Erica Aviles, and then trying to frame Avila's ex, Antonio Cuellar-Enriquez, before killing him too.
Amina Said, 18, told a teacher that her father, Yaser Said, had arranged an upcoming marriage against her will. She and her sister, Sarah Said, 17, were found shot to death in their father's taxicab just 10 days later.