July 22, 2004

Slam Dunk, cont.

Man convicted of killing ex-girlfriend's 3 sisters

A Harris County jury convicted Anthony Quinn Francois of killing the younger sisters of a teenage girl who spurned him.

The juror took 2-1/2 hours to find the 36-year-old man guilty of capital murder in the deaths of Ashley Patterson, Britteny Patterson, and Nikesha Patterson, 15.

Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty.

Next up: penalty phase. Don't blow it now.

UPDATE: He has been convicted of murder in the past, but was a juvenile at the time, so was released after serving time in the juvenile system.

UPDATE: He has been sentenced to death.

Francois, 36, was convicted last week of killing Ashley Patterson, 11, and Britteny Patterson, 10, on Sept. 11, 2003. He also was accused, but not tried, in the shooting death of another sister, Naikesha Patterson, 15.

Francois told police he shot the girls in a fit of jealous rage after learning that his ex-girlfriend, only 16 years old, was dating a boy closer to her own age. He also wounded his ex-girlfriend and her mother.

A 36 year-old man dates a 16 year -old girl, who breaks up with him and starts dating a 17 year-old boy. For that, he killed her three sisters, and shot her and her mother.

Animal.

Posted on July 22, 2004 12:44 PM