Seattle Jury Convicts Woman of Killing 6 Family Members

A Washington woman was found guilty on six accounts of first degree murders done during a holiday gathering on Christmas Eve of 2007. The murders spans up to three generations of their family.

According to New York Daily News, Michele Anderson have been convicted by a Seattle jury for six accounts of first-degree murder. Anderson have contributed on the shooting and death of her parents, her brother, sister-in-law, 5-year-old niece, age 5, and 3-year-old nephew.

The 37-year old-woman didn't take the stand during the 5-week trial leaving the defense at rest by ceasing any calls on witness. The sentence was life in prison without the possibility of parole. Anderson have previously admitted on the murder.

Anderson wasn't alone during the killings as she's been an accomplice of her ex-boyfriend, Joseph McEnroe, as reported by Daily Mail. McEnroe was convicted of the six life sentences for the same murders last year. McEnroe was spared the death penalty following that the jurors couldn't make a unanimous decision to put McEnroe's life to death. Moreover, when the time the two were caught, they gave up lengthy confessions where Anderson eventually, led the detectives on the bridge where they threw the guns used in the incident.

NBC News wrote that McEnroes and Anderson's killings started by gunning down her parents, Wayne and Judy Anderson, and dragged down the bodies to a backyard shed. Following this, they've shot her brother, Scott and his wife, Erica, with their 5-year-old daughter, Olivia and the youngest, 3-year-old Nathan. Erica was able to call 911 before being killed by the perpetrators.

Almost a decade after the killings, Michele Anderson is now convicted of serving life sentence for the murder of six individuals. Anderson was trialed in King County Superior Court for 5 weeks and argued that the killings should be only found guilty of second-degree accounts. Also, Anderson's defense attorney added that Anderson was suffering from depression and anxiety. 

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