Prosecutors in northeastern Nebraska will seek the death penalty for a man charged in the killings of four people last summer in the small town of Laurel.
Assistant Nebraska Attorney General Corey O’Brien filed notice on Tuesday of aggravating circumstances that would justify a death sentence for Jason Jones, 42, if he’s convicted.
Jones is charged with arson, weapons counts and four counts of first-degree murder in the August killings of Gene Twiford, 86, and his wife, Janet Twiford, 85; their daughter, Dana Twiford, 55; and Michele Ebeling, 53.
Prosecutors say Jones started fires at the victims’ homes after they were killed. A day later police found Jones in his wife’s house—which sits across the street from Ebeling’s home—suffering from severe burns. He was hospitalized for two months before being released and moved to a prison in Lincoln to await trial. He’s being held without bond….