Facts of the Crime:
A man convicted in the slayings of a Phoenix couple nearly five years ago has been given the death penalty. A Maricopa County jury sentenced Steven John Parker to death. Parker was convicted on May 10, 2010 on two counts of murder, one count of burglary and one count of kidnapping. Wayne Smith and his wife Faye were found stabbed, beaten and robbed in their Phoenix home on September 24, 2005. They say Parker lived next door to the victims at the time. Investigators say Parker borrowed a car and drove to California and then Mexico and abandoned the vehicle in San Diego. He was eventually arrested in Las Vegas and charged in the double homicide.
Parker was sentenced to death on May 24, 2010.
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