Jury: Daniel Marsh sane during murder of Davis couple
A Yolo County jury on Tuesday found that Daniel Marsh was sane when he murdered a Davis couple.
He faces the possibility of life in prison without parole when he is sentenced. Marsh, 17, is ineligible for the death penalty because of his age.
He had been convicted of lying in wait, torture and two counts of first-degree murder. He was accused of stabbing to death Oliver "Chip" Northup, 87, and his wife Claudia Maupin, 76, in their condominium in April 2013.
The teen targeted the couple at random, after looking for a Davis home he could break into. He then tortured them before killing them in their bed.
Marsh had originally pled not guilty by reason of insanity. He was visibly shaken upon hearing the guilty verdict Friday. His eyes were closed and his fists were clinched in front of his mouth.
"I don't like to think about my father and Claudia being tortured," James Northup, Oliver's son, said at the time. "There was a unanimous conviction that he did torture them and it's very hard to contemplate. I'm glad it isn't up to me to decide his fate, because I wouldn't be very kind."
Dr. Deborah Schmidt evaluated Marsh and said, "He put quite of a bit of thought into it. It wasn't a random act, it wasn't rage. It was very planned, predatory and meticulous," she testified Monday. "He was not delusional. He knew exactly what he was doing."
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