Kim Salazar, Yost's daughter, reiterated her long-held belief that the crimes committed against her mother warrant a death sentence. "It's our justice system, and it may be slow in these capital murder cases, but so far it's been right the whole way, and we appreciate it," Roberts said. But they also acknowledged that it was a painful decision for the jury.
They wept together Wednesday as they celebrated the verdict and a day they said they thought would never come. Among them were spouses and grandchildren with little or no memory of Yost, outside of stories family members have shared and pictures that hang in their homes. Two generations of Yost's family gathered with her two children to hear the verdict. "This is a very, very good day for Joyce and a good day for our family," Yost's son, Greg Roberts, said of the jury's decision. He was intent on stealing property to sell for liquor. Floyd Eugene Maestas: Sentenced to die in 2008 for strangling and stabbing a 75-year-old Salt Lake woman during a burglary.Taberon Dave Honie: Sentenced in 1999 to die for sexually assaulting and slashing the throat in the murder of his ex-girlfriend's mother in 1998 in Cedar City.Troy Michael Kell: Sentenced in 1996, he was a white separatist and an inmate in Utah's Gunnison prison when he stabbed a black inmate 67 times with a crude knife in 1994.His original sentence was overturned, but he again received the death sentence in 1996 and has chosen to die by firing squad. Ron Lafferty: Sentenced to die for the murders of his brother's wife and her 15-month-old daughter in 1984.
Taylor then kidnapped the couple's two daughters before setting the cabin on fire and fleeing. The woman's husband was seriously wounded.
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Menzies testified during Lovell's trial of his interactions with him in prison.
The Clearfield man was sentenced to die for the same crimes in 1993. None of the jury members chose to speak publicly following the trial. One male juror put his head in his hands and cried as verdict forms were read in the courtroom. That date was immediately stayed while the killer automatically begins another round of legal appeals expected to take many years.Īn emotional nine-man, three-woman jury reached the decision Wednesday that Lovell should die after deliberating for 11 hours. Second District Judge Michael DiReda ordered Lovell to die by lethal injection on May 29. The 57-year-old, who kidnapped and raped a South Ogden woman 30 years ago, then killed her to silence her, showed little emotion as his death sentence was announced Wednesday, clasping his hands and shaking his head as he spoke with his attorneys. OGDEN - Douglas Anderson Lovell is heading back to Utah's death row.īut the now twice-convicted killer doesn't believe he'll ever be executed, and based on his age and anticipated years of additional appeals he may be right. Reading or replaying the story in its archived form does not constitute a republication of the story. Information in the story may be outdated or superseded by additional information. This archived news story is available only for your personal, non-commercial use.
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