Jason Thornburg Sentenced | 3 Murders Including S-x-al Assault, Mutilation & Cannibalism • SENTENCES

FORT WORTH, Texas - A Tarrant County jury decided to sentence a 44-year-old man to death after he was convicted of the gruesome murders of three people and setting their remains on fire in 2021. During the weeks-long trial, new information was revealed about what happened in the seven days at the Euless motel leading up to the dumpster fire in Fort Worth.

Because of the evidence presented during the trial, the jury decided Thornburg was considered a future danger and sentenced him to death.In September 2021, Jason Thurnburg said David Lueras, 42, Maricruz Mathis, 33, and Lauren Phillips, 34, needed to be sacrificed for religious reasons.

Over seven days at the Mid City Inn in Euless, Thornburg brought each of them, separately, into the room he was renting. He slit the throats of Lueras and Mathis. He strangled Phillips and sexually assaulted her corpse. He ate some of David's heart and cut off his penis.