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On Thursday, Richard Darren Emery learned his fate after killing his girlfriend, her two children and her mother in 2018.

A jury found Emery guilty of first-degree murder last month after less than two hours of deliberation. That same jury recommended the death penalty for Emery.

He will be formally sentenced for the deaths of his girlfriend Kate Kasten, 39, her mother Jane Moeckel, 61, and children Zoe, 8, and Jonathan, 10, on November 3.

ST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) -- Jurors recommended the death penalty Tuesday for a St. Louis area man who killed his girlfriend, her two children and her mother.

Richard Darren Emery played poker and got drunk at the Throw Back's tavern before getting into an argument with his girlfriend

In less than one minute on the night of Dec. 29, 2018, Richard "Darren" Emery shot to death his girlfriend, her two children and her mother.

A suburban St. Louis man has been convicted of murder in the 2018 shooting of his girlfriend, her two children and her mother

ST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) -- Jurors convicted a St. Louis man of murder Friday in the 2018 shooting of his girlfriend, her two children and her mother. A St.

The prosecution argued there are millions of people with the same diagnosis as Emery who are not homicidal.

What started as a night of playing games and singing carols soon turned into chaos.