Jon Sander Coverage

Top stories for April 13 to April 19

This week's top stories include a vetoed abortion bill, the sentencing phase of a murder trial and medical trauma after the downtown Durham explosion.

Killer rants after getting life in prison, not death sentence

A Wake Forest man who avoided a death sentence for the murders of three of his neighbors three years ago insisted Monday that he was framed, blasted prosecutors and his defense attorneys and threatened jurors before being led off to prison.

Son of murder victims speaks at killer's sentencing

Nicholas Mazzella, whose parents and grandmother were killed in the family's Wake Forest home, speaks at the sentencing of convicted killer Jon Sander.

Husband and father of murder victims speaks at killer's sentencing

Sal Mazzella, whose wife, son and daughter-in-law were killed in their Wake Forest home, speaks at the sentencing of convicted killer Jon Sander.

Convicted killer Jon Sander rages at his sentencing

"I was going to go to jail for something I didn't do? No," Jon Sander said about a molestation accusation that led to him killing three of his neighbors and being sentenced to life in prison.

Convicted killer Jon Sander claims he was framed for murders

Before he is sentenced to life in prison for killing three of his neighbors, Jon Sander implicates someone else for the crime, blasts the justice system and threatens jurors.

Judge rips into convicted killer at sentencing

Superior Court Judge Graham Shirley criticizes the courtroom antics of convicted killer Jon Sander before sentencing him to life in prison for killing three of his neighbors.

After being spared death sentence for killing neighbors, Wake Forest man pops off in court

A Wake Forest man who avoided a death sentence for the murders of three of his neighbors three years ago insisted Monday that he was framed, blasted prosecutors and his defense attorneys and threatened jurors before being led off to prison.

Matthew Burns, WRAL.com senior producer/politics editor

Jury reaches sentencing decision in Wake Forest triple-murder case

Jurors have reached a sentencing recommendation in the death penalty trial of Jon Sander, who killed three of his neighbors in their Wake Forest home in 2016.

Jurors consider life or death for Wake Forest murderer

Jurors considering the punishment of Jon Sander have heard closing arguments from the prosecution and defense. The panel will hear instructions from the judge before deliberating whether to impose a life sentence or the death penalty.

Jury to resume deliberations Monday in death penalty trial of Wake Forest man

One day after the man accused of killing three of his neighbors three years ago in Wake Forest broke down and began sobbing, jurors on Friday heard closing arguments from lawyers in the capital punishment case.

Alfred Charles, WRAL.com managing editor

Outburst prompts judge to remove Jon Sander from courtroom

Jon Sander is removed from court after he yells at a prosecutor during closing arguments in the sentencing phase of his capital punishment trial.

Sentencing phase of triple murder trial underway

The sentencing phase in the trial of the Wake Forest man accused of killing three of his neighbors in 2016 is underway as jurors consider whether to impose the death penalty.

Wake Forest triple murder trial underway

Closing arguments are scheduled for this morning as the jury decides what punishment to impose on Jon Sander, convicted in the fatal shootings of three of his neighbors in Wake Forest in 2016.