The surviving members of the Crawford family sat huddled together in the courtroom, as the stack of papers containing the jury's verdicts were handed to Mahoning County Common Pleas Judge Scott Krichbaum.
Michael Davis sat between his two lawyers, his head bent toward the ground, occasionally looking up. He showed no emotion. He never cried as the judge read all twenty nine counts against him, and pronounced him guilty on every one.
Given what the jury found Davis guilty of, setting a fire last January at the Stewart Avenue home of the Crawford family, as the man responsible for the deaths of six people. The courtroom tonight was fairly emotionless, almost as if all the emotions of the last eight months had already been spent.
It was only after the judge dismissed the jury, and Michael Davis was handcuffed, did the surviving members of the Crawfords hug and cry in the hallway, leaving no doubt on what Davis' fate should be.
Prosecutor Paul Gains was ordered by the judge to limit his comments to the media, to talk only about the technical aspects of what happened.
As Gains was wrapping up his comments, Michael Davis passed by, lead by sheriff's deputies, down the hallway and back to jail. He'll be back next week for sentencing.
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