ALYSSA and CALEB LYNCH - 8 and 5 yo -(2010) Evansville IN

Evansville IN ---- An Indiana man was charged this week with murder
after police said he set a house on fire and burned to death his
fiancée’s two young children.
Jeffrey Weisheit, 34, the fiancé of the children’s’ mother, was
arrested April 10 in Covington, Ky., on two counts of murder and one
count of arson.


Steven Lynch of Lynn Haven is the father of 8-year-old Alyssa Lynch
and her 5-year-old brother, Caleb Lynch.He said his children told him,
while they were in town for Spring Break, that Weisheit had abused them.
The children's father said, “From what my children told me he was using belts to discipline him
and my daughter as well.”

Steven Lynch, a custodian at Mowat Middle School, reported the abuse
to Child Protective Services in Indiana. He is a former youth minister is coping with
the tragedy through God.
Weisheit indicated to Kentucky authorities that he set the
Evansville, Ind., area house on fire early Saturday knowing that Alyssa
and Caleb were inside, according to a probable cause affidavit.
Police reported finding duct tape, which could have been used to
prevent the children from escaping, in the room with their bodies.
Weisheit shared the home with their mother, who was at work at the
time of the fire.
He was hospitalized after he fell when arresting officers shocked him
with a Taser gun.

Alyssa and Caleb Lynch



EVANSVILLE, Ind. — Alyssa Michelle Lynch, 8, and Caleb
Alexander Lynch, 5, were delivered into the arms of the Lord on April
10, 2010.
Alyssa was born on March 14, 2002, in Evansville. She
attended second grade at Cynthia Heights School. Alyssa was always a
"little princess" to her mom and dad. She was a smart, beautiful, caring
and loving girl. She could bring sunshine to any rainy day with just a
smile. Alyssa loved playing guitar, drawing, coloring and making
homemade cards for everyone. She would often draw pictures that included
every member of her family together. Alyssa enjoyed writing and
reading, especially her beloved "Junie B. Jones" books. She would stay
up late at night by her lamp just so she could read her books or write
in her journal. Alyssa loved school and all her friends there, including
her best friend, Bailey Brush. She adored her little brother, Caleb,
since the moment he was born.
Caleb was born on Feb. 2, 2005. in Evansville. He attended Salem Pre-school.
He was a sweet, tender-hearted boy who loved giving hugs.
Caleb brought out the best in other people.
He was so sweet, loving and handsome. Caleb liked helping Mommy cook,
and although he had a sweet tooth, he always ate his veggies. He was her
"love bug." Both Caleb and Alyssa enjoyed playing on the beach and in
the ocean while visiting Daddy. Full of energy and life, Caleb could
always make others smile and laugh. He was all boy — loving trains,
trucks, planes, dirt, bugs and the outdoors. He loved riding on the
4-wheeler with his neighbor and buddy, "Big Jon." Caleb loved his
sister, Alyssa, very much. Alyssa and Caleb were truly two angels on
earth.
Survivors include their parents, Lisa Lynch of Evansville and
Steve Lynch of Florida; grandparents, Rick and Marcia Mullen, Joseph
Lynch Jr. and Leona J. Taylor; uncles, Jeffrey Mullen and Joseph Lynch
III; aunt, Melinda (Chris) Smith; several cousins; and their cat,
Figaro, and their chihuahua, Jose.
Visitation will be from 4 to 8 pm Thursday, April 15, at Sunset Funeral Home.
Private funeral services will be held at a later date, with burial following in Sunset Memorial
Park. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made on behalf
of Alyssa and Caleb Lynch at any Old National Bank branch, where funds
will be donated to Cynthia Heights School, Salem Pre-School and Holly's House.

Leona Taylor watched as her grandchildren piled into a car and headed
back to Indiana. She pulled open the car door when she saw tears
welling in her grandson’s eyes.
The 5-year-old boy didn’t want to go home. His big sister, a lanky,
dark-haired 8-year-old girl, didn’t want to leave, either.
Both children were killed 13 days later on April 10 in a fire set by
34-year-old Jeffrey Weisheit, their mother’s fiance, according to police
in Evansville, Ind.
Weisheit is being held in jail on two counts of murder and one count
of arson.
“We just go through all kinds of emotions — anger and hurt — but we
keep turning it back to God,” Taylor said Sunday from her home in
Parker, where young Caleb and Alyssa were enjoying Spring Break just a
few days earlier. “We don’t want revenge. We want the truth to come out
and justice served, but it’s not ours to serve.”
The children’s father is Taylor’s son, Steven Lynch, a maintenance
worker at Mowat Middle School in Lynn Haven.
In a probable cause affidavit filed in Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind., sheriff’s investigators reported Weisheit’s house (where
the children and their mother, Lisa Lynch, were living) was engulfed
when firefighters arrived. Once inside, they found burned flares near
Caleb’s body in a rear bedroom. They found Alyssa’s body later, after
initially reporting her missing.
Detectives also found duct tape, according to the affidavit, perhaps
evidence the children were bound and trapped.
“Words cannot describe what you go through when you hear something
like this,” their grandmother said Sunday. “But God is my strength, and I
can make it, and Steven can make it.”
The mother was at work at the time of the fire. Weisheit was
apprehended by police after they blew out his tires on a highway in
Kentucky and he charged officers, screaming “Shoot me!” while armed with
a knife, according to the affidavit.
On Sunday, Taylor was speaking on behalf of Steven, whom The News
Herald reached in Indiana but deferred to his mother.
The father of two had recently moved to Bay County after his marriage
ended in divorce, and Lisa kept the children and moved in with
Weisheit. Taylor said the children never called Weisheit’s house home;
it was “Jeff’s house.”
While the children were visiting, Taylor said, they told their father
Weisheit frequently beat Caleb, sometimes with a belt, often to the
point of bruising. The little boy got the worst beatings, Alyssa had
said, Taylor added.
“We told Alyssa, that if he ever touched them again, dial 911,”
Taylor said. “Whether that ever happened, I don’t know.”
In the meantime, she said, their father called Indiana’s Child
Protective Services for intervention but was told he must provide
physical evidence.
“I understand that they probably get a million false calls,” he said on Saturday. “But legally, they have got to start
checking on this stuff. … If they had done their part … I truly believe
these children would be with us right now today.”
Several videos posted on his Facebook page show the children playing —
swinging, bouncing on an outdoor trampoline, Caleb singing his favorite
tunes from “High School Musical” — along with several posts from Lynch
seeking strength through his faith. Taylor said Sallie Mae has helped
pay a large share of the funeral expenses, and the family is grateful
for the help.
She said she has three other grandchildren in Arizona who were going
to meet their cousins for the first time later this year. They don’t
understand why they won’t be seeing them, she said.
On Saturday, Lisa Lynch said the
children were her life, and she trusted Weisheit with them when she went
to work at a nearby factory.
“Everything was normal, I had nothing to
suspect, and then I get a call… ‘The house is ablaze.’ I was just in
disbelief.”

A death penalty case for an Evansville man accused of killing two
children in a house fire will be heard in Clark County Circuit Court.

Jeffrey Alan Weisheit, 34, was charged in April in Vanderburgh County
with class A felony arson and two counts of murder. Prosecutor Stanley
Levco filed paperwork seeking the death penalty a couple of weeks later.

According to a probable-cause affidavit, local firefighters responded
to 10040 Fischer Road in Evansville at about 4:45 a.m. April 10 after a
neighbor called 911 to report a house fire. First responders found the
home engulfed in flames.

A neighbor told police that Weisheit lived in the house with his
girlfriend, Lisa Lynch, and her two children, 8-year-old Alyssa and
5-year-old Caleb Lynch. Lisa arrived home and said Weisheit was supposed
to be at the house watching her children.

Weisheit and his vehicle were missing, and police began tracking the
vehicle using OnStar. Police caught up to him in Boone County, Ky., and
Weisheit allegedly began driving at a high rate of speed. According to
court records, he eventually jumped out of the vehicle while it was
moving and charged at an officer with a knife screaming “shoot me.”

The bodies of the two children were found in the house. Officials found
burned flares and evidence at least one child was bound with duct tape,
court records state.

During questioning by police, Weisheit was asked if he did something to
the kids and he reportedly said, “I don’t remember.” When asked how he
set the fire, he also said he did not remember. He then reportedly
admitted he set the fire before stopping and saying he wanted a lawyer.

The case was moved to Clark County earlier this month after Weisheit’s
attorneys requested a change of venue, citing heavy media coverage and
comments written on blogs about what should be done to Weisheit.

Circuit Court Judge Dan Moore scheduled the trial for April 9. Clark County residents will make up the jury pool.

A lawsuit has been filed by the father of two children that were killed in a fire back in April.Steven Lynch, the father of Alyssa and Caleb Lynch filed that lawsuit against Child Protective Services, and the man accused of setting that home on fire.A four page affidavit that was released in April by the Vanderburgh County Sheriff's Office includes words like duct tape, flares, and a confession detectives say 34-year-old Jeffery Weisheit made to them, admitting to lighting the Fischer Road home on fire.Authorities said duct tape found next to the children's bodies may show that the kids had been bound.In the lawsuit, Lynch claims he called CPS to report his two children had been abused by their mother's boyfriend, Jeffrey Weisheit.The lawsuit says CPS did not follow up on the report.CPS is not commenting on the lawsuit at this time.Weisheit has pleaded not guilty to murder and arson.He faces the death penalty if convicted.

After his children died in an alleged arson fire in April, Steven Lynch has found a way to deal with the loss.

Speaking to a group of people gathered near the Vanderburgh County Courthouse at noon Monday, Lynch said he has turned to his faith in God and is working for a greater good to come from the tragedy."One of the things I've learned is in order to move past this you have to seek God," he said. "If you allow the trials of this life to completely consume you, then it has all been for nothing."Lynch read from the Bible and spoke of the need to work for changing a system of bureaucracy and justice. He added that, like others who gathered Monday, he believes the current system does not protect children as intended.He spoke at a rally, attended by about 30 people, which was organized by the group March for Justice. Member Robin Ratcliff described the group as a loosely knit movement of Christians from a variety of backgrounds but with a common concern that the legal system and Indiana Department of Child Protective Services are not serving victims the way they should.Lynch, who lives in Panama City, Fla., said that during a visit, his children told him they had been abused by Jeffrey Weisheit, their mother's boyfriend.He said he called Child Protective Services to report it, but that the department did not follow up on his report."One of the things I dealt with in the deaths of my children, I felt I had been let down," he said. "I was told the burden of proof was on me to provide photographic evidence, so my call was then ignored. I was left trying to sort life out at that point."Last week, Lynch filed a lawsuit against Child Protective Services, Weisheit and the children's mother, Lisa Michelle Lynch, seeking unspecified damages. The lawsuit claims Lynch reported what the children told him to Child Protective Services in March. The children, Alyssa, 8, and Caleb, 5, died in a fire on April 11 in their home on Fischer Road in northern Vanderburgh County. "It can either defeat you or you can allow for God to not only heal you but allow for the healing of others," he said.After speaking to the gathering Monday, Lynch said has since become involved as a volunteer and speaker with Florida's child protective system in his area, and with ministry.Others also shared their experiences and passions for change to the gathering. Melanie Doty spoke about how she was notified that her daughter had been molested a year after it allegedly happened, sparking an ongoing campaign to improve victims' rights."We had a right to help her. She needed us, and we were denied that right for a full year," she said.She encouraged people to vote for political candidates who would support victims' rights. "This is not about politics. It is about the children," she said.Former Evansville resident Penny Creek, who now lives in Lafayette, Ind., spoke about her 2004 rape and two subsequent attacks, and the affect they had on her life. Creek has gone on to establish the Beauty for Ashes Ministry, to advocate for and comfort the victims of violent crime, domestic violence and sexual abuse. As part of her ministry, she said she has traveled around the country in an RV."As I travel across the country, the stories I hear about justice are appalling," she said. "I hear stories that, all I can do is say, 'Dear Jesus.'"She said more attention needs to brought on the issues surrounding how victims are dealt with by the system."We as the public have buried it under the rug, that these horrible things have happened. When you make it through it, your tragedy can be somebody else's miracle."Members of March for Justice have been collecting signatures on a petition supporting changes they say will improve victims' rights, and talking to passers-by near the courthouse."It's become so much more. We have prayed for the perpetrators and the victims, and helped people connect to resources," Ratcliff said. "A lot of victims have been sharing their hurt. There is a lot of hurt. The victims are not feeling helped. With the Department (of Child Protective Services) we are just hearing all kinds of horror stories. They have just dropped the ball too many times. You just keep hearing the same thing over and over and over, the same story from different people. It makes you wonder." The petition includes changes such as:
* Adding to the Indiana Sex and Violent Offender Registry the names of those restrained by protective orders, violations and jail sentences.
* Requiring the notification of non-offending adult immediate family and custodial guardians of all court proceedings regarding children.
* Establishing a county elected board of seven to meet monthly and quarterly audit and investigate Child Protective Services.
Ratcliff said the petition drive will continue the until Oct. 28.

Price Tag on Weisheit's Death Penalty Murder Trial
Posted: Apr 11, 2011
EVANSVILLE - News 25 is looking into the murder trial of an Evansville man to find out how much it's costing taxpayers.

It was one year ago Sunday investigators say Jeffrey Weisheit killed his fiance's two children by burning down the home they were in. It's a death penalty case and there's been a change of venue which adds up to a pricey trial.

Jeffrey Weisheit faces two counts of murder, along with one count of felony arson resulting in bodily injury. Investigators say he indicated he set fire of the Vanderburgh County home, knowing the two children were inside.

"If there's any case that deserves the death penalty it's this one. I don't want to go too far into the facts of the case, but having reviewed the case, I understand why it was filed as a death penalty. It does, however, substantially raise the cost," Vanderburgh County Prosecutor Nick Hermann said.

How much is he talking? Prosecutor Nick Hermann tells News 25 an average murder trial costs around $24,000. A murder trial for life without parole is around $400,000. Seeking the death penalty shoots the cost up to $500,000 before appeals. He says once it's all said and done it will cost well above $1 million.

"At some point it's up to the community to decide if it's worth the cost or not and overwhelmingly when you take polls, people are in favor of the death penalty," Hermann said.

We're told it's all tax payer money paying for things like attorneys, special investigators, forensic pathologists and experts. The state only reimburses portions of it.

"It's something that is a big burden especially in the current economic times to the county council," Hermann said.

Something else driving up the costs is the change of venue. Weisheit's trial will be in Clark County, Indiana across from Louisville due to pre-trial publicity.

"It increased the costs quite a bit. The hotel cost alone is huge because we're basically going to be there a month with several people," Hermann said.

He says just the hotel costs for deputy prosecutors, victims assistants, sheriff's deputies and the victim's families will top $50,000.

Weisheit's trial is set for August. It's scheduled to last a month.
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Ind. Courts - "Defense attorney for death penalty case dies"

Saturday, June 11, 2011

Timothy Dodd, an Evansville lawyer well-known as a defense attorney and for his advocacy on behalf of lawyers and judges struggling with addictions and life issues, died Thursday at Deaconess Hospital.

Dodd, 69, was lead defense council in the murder trial of Jeffrey Weisheit, which is scheduled to begin Aug. 16 in Jeffersonville, Ind., where it was relocated after he successfully argued for a change of venue. Weisheit faces the death penalty for the alleged murders of his girlfriend's two children on April 10, 2010 in rural Vanderburgh County.

It was unclear how his death will affect the trial. His co-council, Vanderburgh County chief public defender Stephen Owens, was not available for comment Friday. Under Indiana trial rules, defendants in death penalty cases are required to have two attorneys.

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My childrens Trial date has now been moved to February 7, 2012. I am praying for justice in this situation. It is very sad there will not be justice for Caylee, and I'm hoping this kind of injustice will not be the case next yeat

stvn509 wrote:My children's Trial date has now been moved to February 7, 2012. I am praying for justice in this situation. It is very sad there will not be justice for Caylee, and I'm hoping this kind of injustice will not be the case next year

---Dear Steven, I know I speak on behalf of thousands of members of J4C expressing heartfelt condolences in this very tragic loss.
Your discovery of a higher power and His help in dealing with Alyssa and Caleb's passing is indeed most honorable.
We are here for all the Caylees, Alyssas, Calebs and so many, many more who were taken from this world long before their time, through no fault of their own. We are also here for you, parents, relatives and friends of these victims. Our sincere hope is that by bringing these cases to the forefront of public knowledge that there will not only be outrage at a failing system of protection but also faith that He will see to it to bring justice to those who deserve it most. Please keep us updated on any new developments and don't be afraid to ask for assistance if you feel there is anything we can do.
May God richly bless you in your quest!

Trial for man accused of killing girlfriends children begins Monday

Posted: May 31, 2013 8:06 PM EST

Updated: Jun 01, 2013 3:58 PM EST

Clark County, IN (WFIE) -


The capital murder trial of the Vanderburgh County man accused of killing his girlfriend's two children begins on Monday.

Jeffrey Weisheit's Clark County trial is expected to last three to five weeks, and on Friday, investigators are putting the finishing
touches on their case.

It was back in April 2010 when Jeffrey Weisheit allegedly lit his girlfriend's home on fire, killing her two young children inside.
Investigators say they're ready for this trial to finally get underway.

"In a death penalty case, everything is under a microscope, but because there's always potential issues of appeal," says
Lt. Doug Daza.

After three longs years, jury selection is set to begin Monday in Clark County in the capital murder trial of Jeffrey Weisheit.

"It's been long," says Daza. "There have been a lot of court cases set, and then reset."

Lt. Doug Daza with the Vanderburgh County Sheriff's Office says those delays have left the victim's family in limbo and made this case expensive: more than $500,000 of taxpayer money going to Weisheit's defense.

"I think it's a lot to ask the taxpayers to continue to support the defense for this murder case," says Ed Bassemier.

Alyssa and Caleb Lynch were just eight and five-years-old when that fire took their lives. Lt. Daza is hoping years of hard work will help bring a conviction.

"There's always a lot of stuff to do. They're working on it today.

They'll be working on it throughout the weekend," says Lt. Daza. "You have two young children that were murdered in such a fashion. It's something that would cause anybody some grief."

The trial is set to begin Monday morning in Clark County. Click here for more about the trial.

We will bring you the latest developments in the trial on air and on our website.






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It's about damned time.

This is the kind of evil that churns my stomach. I pray for the father of these precious children.

The mother knew they were being abused and did nothing to stop it. IMO she should have been charged with child neglect, child abuse and a few other thingsl.

I pray she doesn't have custody of any more children, EVER.

Day One of Weisheit Murder Trial Brings Emotional Testimony

By: Jordan Vandenberge


Updated: June 10, 2013

More than 1150 days have passed since authorities discovered the badly
burned bodies of Alyssa and Caleb Lynch in the charred rubble of a
Vanderburgh County home in April 2010. After more than three years, the
man allegedly behind the murders stands trial.

Jeffrey Weisheit
faces the death penalty and is accused of murder and arson.
Investigators say Weisheit set fire to his home and murdered his
girlfirend's two children. Court records show authorities found Caleb
Lynch restrained and gagged with duct tape.

It's taken more than
three years to get to trial and has been moved to Clark County because
of pre-trial publicity. But after a long and painful wait, opening
statements were heard in the Clark County Circuit Courtroom Monday
morning.

In his opening statement, Vanderburgh County Deputy
Prosecutor Gary Schutte told the jury that the testimony and evidence
they would hear and see would be emotionally troubling. The composition
of the jury was nine men and four women, most of them appearing to be
mothers and fathers themselves.

Schutte told the jury in order
for them to believe the defense's claim that there wasn't an arson, the
jury would have to ignore all of the evidence and all of the testimony.
In his opening statement, Schutte told the jury that Weisheit had the
means, motive and opportunity to murder his girlfriend's children.

Weisheit's
defense attorney, Public Defender Michael McDaniel, said he had
difficulty writing his opening statements because of the emotional and
tragic nature of the case.

"I don't have the words to tell you," McDaniel said. "There's a lot of horror in this case."

McDaniel
urged the jury not to get swept up by emotion and sympathized with the
jury's desire to make things right for Alyssa and Caleb Lynch. In his
opening statement, McDaniel said his evidence will show that Weisheit
went into a deep depression in the days leading up to the alleged
murders. Also, McDaniel said Weisheit had lingering problems and doubts
regarding allegations of infidelity with Lisa Lynch, his girlfriend.

Then came the surprise of the morning testimony of Day One.

McDaniel
said in his opening statement that Weisheit made two terrible mistakes.
The first mistake, McDaniel said, was running from authorities
following the fire. Weisheit's second mistake, McDaniel said, was
restraining Caleb Lynch by duct taping him to the bed. In his opening
statement, McDaniel said Weisheit wanted to 'get away from it all' and
figured by restraining Caleb, Weisheit had a two-hour head start before
Lisa Lynch came home from work.

McDaniel admitted that duct taping a child is absolutely not a defensible way to restrain a child.

"It's
hard to fathom that some people think it's okay," McDaniel said. "The
depressive episode will become more apparent as we go on with the case."

After
the lunch break came perhaps the most emotional testimony of the trial.
Lisa Lynch, the mother of Caleb and Alyssa Lynch, took the stand for
about an hour. When Lynch walked into the courtroom, she had already
started to cry. On several occasions throughout her testimony, Lynch
became inconsolable. At one point, Judge Daniel Moore issued a five
minute recess so Lynch could compose herself.

Lynch testified
that she and Weisheit had a good relationship for a period of time
during 2009 and early 2010. Lynch had been going through a nasty
divorce with her ex-husband Steven prior to meeting Weisheit.

Lynch
told the court as the strain of that divorce began to weigh on her, it
also began to weigh on her relationship with Weisheit. Lynch testified
that she had begun to have some doubts about her relationship with
Weisheit and moved out. At this point, Lynch said, Weisheit had begun to
appear depressed and emotionally unstable. However, during all of this,
Lynch told the court that her children enjoyed Weisheit. Alyssa Lynch
even had a diary in which she considered Weisheit her step-father.

Lynch
also told the court that the day before the alleged murders, she had
visited a local doctor because she was pregnant with Weisheit's child.
Lynch said that Weisheit was not thrilled with the news.

In the
early morning hours of April 10th, 2010, Lynch told the court that she
had received a call from her neighbor stating that the home was on fire.
Also, the neighbor said that Weisheit's car was not in the driveway and
no one could find the children.

Lynch testified that she then
called OnStar representatives in hopes that they would be able to make
contact with Weisheit. OnStar representatives were able to make contact
with Weisheit, according to Lynch, but Weisheit was unresponsive.

Lynch was on the stand for about an hour and fought back tears the entire time.

Later
in the day, the State also called the German Township Fire Chief to
the stand who was the assistant chief back in April 2010. His testimony
and subsequent cross examination led to some tense exchanges between the
prosecution and defense. The German Township Fire Chief was questioned
repeatedly on the location of two flares that were found in area around
Caleb Lynch's body.

The trial resumes Tuesday morning at 8 a.m. central time.


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Jury recommends death penalty for Jeffrey Weisheit


UPDATED 8:25 PM EDT Jun 21, 2013



EVANSVILLE, Ind. —The jury has unanimously recommended the death penalty for a man convicted this week in connection with setting a fire that killed his fiancee's two children.

The jury deliberated for several hours Friday, trying to figure out how Jeffrey Weisheit should be sentenced.

The father of the two children who were killed said he strongly feels the man convicted of killing his kids deserves death.

"I know it's probably wrong for me to ask that, for the family, I mean, all you have going through your head is the last moments of their life. And you try not to think of those things, but you have to have closure," said the children's father, Steven Lynch.

For Lynch, closure will come from knowing Weisheit's fate.

"He took the ultimate thing that you can take from a parent. Houses can be replaced. Cars can be replaced. Children cannot. Even if you have kids again one day, you can't replace that child that's been lost," said Lynch.

Weishiet was convicted of two counts of murder and one count of arson after, police said, he set his girlfriend's house on fire, killing her kids, 8-year-old Alissa and 5-year-old Caleb.

Weishiet was brought into court in a wheelchair, and to this day, it's still tough for Lynch to see him.

"You watch him before the jury comes in, and you see the demeanor. He's laughing, everything's a joke. But whenever they come in, he puts on this facade of he's this poor guy who had a hard life and has brain damage, you know? I just hope that they can see it's an act, he's a manipulator," said Lynch.

Prosecutors put three options on the table for the jury to choose: serving 180 years, life without parole, or the death penalty.

Lynch said he is hoping Weishiet pays the ultimate price.

"I think it's going to bring the most closure if they come back with the death penalty," said Lynch. "If they come back with death, I'm going to try my best not to jump up and rejoice in the courtroom."