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Springdale man sentenced in murders of mother and stepfather

Springdale man sentenced in murders of mother and stepfather
THE WATER IS CONTAMINATED BUT THEY HAVE ISSUED A PRECAUTIONARY BOIL NOTICE UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. >> HERE'S A LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED THEN AND WHAT HAPPENS NOW. >> THE 30-YEAR-OLD PRICE PLED GUILTY TO STABBING HIS MOTHER AND STEPFATHER TERESA AND JAMES TO DEATH. >> HE WAS SENTENCED TO LIFE WITHOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE. >> THIS IS THE OUTCOME THE FAMILY WANTED. >> IT WAS A CAPITAL MURDER CHARGE. TWO POSSIBILITIES WERE DEATH OR LIFE WITHOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE. ONE THING I WANTED TO MAKE SURE OF IS THAT HE NEVER BREATHED FREE AIR AGAIN AND AFTER CONSULTATION WITH THE FAMILY, WE MADE THE OFFER OF LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE, AND THE FAMILY IS OKAY WITH IT. OBVIOUSLY, THE SENTENCE IT'S NOT GOING TO BRING THEIR PARENTS BACK BUT THEY WERE SATISFIED KNOWING THAT HE WOULD NEVER GET OUT OF PRISON. >> IN AUGUST 2016 POLICE GOT 911 CALL FROM THERESA SAY HER SON HAD STABBED HER HUSBAND. WHEN THEY GOT THERE THEY FOUND THERESA AND JAMES ON THE FLOOR WITH STAB WOUND INJURIES. BOTH DIED. >> A LITTLE LATER, THERE WAS A CALL THAT HE STABBED HIS HOUSE MATE. >> HE STABBED HIM SEVERAL TIMES WITHOUT WARNING. >> PRICE WAS FIRST FOUND NOT FIT FOR TRIAL BUT A JUDGE EVENTUALLY DECIDED HE WAS MENTALLY COMPETENT AT THE TIME OF THE MURDERS. >> HOPEFULLY SOME HEALING. >> NOTHING WILL BRING THEIR PARENTS BACK, THEIR GRANDPARENTS, NOTHING WILL BRING THEM BACK. NOT EVEN A SENTENCE OF LIFE WITHOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE, BUT HOPEFULLY THEY CAN START TO HEAL AND SEE SOME SENSE OF CLOSURE TO IT.
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Springdale man sentenced in murders of mother and stepfather
A man convicted of stabbing his mother and stepfather to death was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison without parole.

A man convicted of stabbing his mother and stepfather to death was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison without parole.

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