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VIA MYFOXDC: WASHINGTON – A D.C. woman convicted of killing her four daughters and living with their decomposing bodies for months returns to court Friday for a hearing on her refusal to use an insanity defense. Banita Jacks was found guilty in July of the four murders. She faces life in prison and had been […]

(Washington, DC) — After two days of intense contemplation, a DC Superior Court judge delivered a verdict in a gruesome murder case that stunned the nation. Banita Jacks is guilty of murdering her four children and keeping their decomposing bodies in her Southeast DC home for months. In her closing arguments, prosecutor Michelle Jackson compared […]

(Washington, DC) — A verdict could come as early as tomorrow in the trial of Banita Jacks, the Southeast DC woman accused of murdering her four children. Closing arguments wrapped up Monday in DC Superior Court. Prosecutor Michelle Jackson said Jacks tortured her daughters before she killed them, and compared their apartment to the Abu […]