Facts of the Crime:
Manuel Ovante, Jr. was arrested a month after the June 11, 2008 shootings that left a man and woman dead and another man wounded. Phoenix police say no motive was ever established in the shootings Ovante was indicted on two counts of first-degree murder and one count of aggravated assault and pleaded guilty last December. A Maricopa County Superior Court jury gave Ovante the death penalty for the slaying of the Damien Vickers, 18. He received a life prison sentence for the murder of female victim Jordan Trujillo, 29.
Ovante was sentenced to death on February 24, 2010.
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