Death penalty possible for man convicted of capital murder in Irondale motel owners' slayings
Steven Richard Mulkey was restrained in a chair after he was found guilty of the brutal murders of Siumei Kao, 76, and Ching Kao, 77.
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Steven Richard Mulkey was restrained in a chair after he was found guilty of the brutal murders of Siumei Kao, 76, and Ching Kao, 77.
The handyman captured on video fatally bludgeoning an elderly couple with his hammer at their Irondale motel took the stand in his own defense, telling jurors a lifetime of mental illness and heavy drug use caused him to blackout and carry out the horrific killings.“My body just took over,‘’ Steven Richard Mulkey testified Friday.
Steven Richard Mulkey pleaded not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect to capital murder in the brutal deaths of Siumei Kao, 76, and Ching Kao, 77.
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