A Jefferson County jury unanimously recommended a death sentence for 32-year-old Steven Richard Mulkey in the 2018 slayings of Siumei Kao, 76, and Ching Kao, 77, at the Siesta Motel in Irondale.
The jury on Monday – after a week-long trial – convicted Mulkey of capital murder of two or more persons.
He was found not guilty of capital murder during a robbery and a burglary.
On Monday afternoon, the sentencing phase of the trial began.
After 1 /2 days of testimony in the phase, the jury on Wednesday deliberated 35 minutes before recommending death.
Jefferson County Circuit Judge Alaric May then went with the jury’s recommendation and imposed the death sentence.
Jefferson County Chief Deputy District Attorney Joe Roberts and Assistant District Attorney Neal Zarzour prosecuted the case.
They said they were pleased with the verdict and the sentence.
“We recognize that a death sentence is an extreme and final sentence, but the defendant earned this sentence with the senseless, brutal murder of Mr. and Mrs. Kao,’’ Roberts said. “The jury took this case very seriously.”
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