Jury to give verdict in California family sledgehammer killings Unlisted Video

Reuters reports A Southern California jury was due to present its verdict on Monday in the murder trial of an ex-convict charged with the 2010 sledghammer killings of a family of four whose remains were found more than two years later buried in the desert.The San Bernardino County Superior Court jury reached its verdict on Friday, capping seven days of deliberations on the fate of Charles “Chase” Merritt, who authorities described as a former business associate of the slain father, Joseph McStay. McStay, age 40, his 43-year-old wife, Summer, and their two sons - 4-year-old Gianni and 3-year-old Joseph Jr - were reported missing in February 2010 from their home in the San Diego community of Fallbrook.