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<h6><span style="color: #080000;">Florida jury finds James Edward Bannister, 37, guilty of quadruple-murder, Wednesday in Ocala, Florida</span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #080000;">Bannister is accused of killing Jocalyn Gray, 27, and her 52-year-old mother, Bridget Gray</span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #080000;">He also shot CorDerica Hill, 6, CorDarrian Hill, 8, both children of Bridget Gray’s boyfriend, Willie Hill</span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #080000;">Bannister who claimed he had smoked synthetic marijuana laced with cocaine, forced his way into Hill&#8217;s Marion County home in Aug 5, 2011</span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #080000;">He allegedly shot each once in the head, then set the house and the bodies on fire</span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #080000;">Jocalyn Gray was Bannister’s girlfriend at the time and they had one child together</span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #080000;">Bannister was found of four counts of first-degree murder and one count of arson</span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #080000;">Same jury scheduled to decide whether Bannister is sentenced to death or spends his life in prison without possibility of parole</span></h6>
<h6 class="wp-caption-text featured"><strong><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-283111" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/James-Edward-Bannister-3.png" alt="James Edward Bannister 3.png" width="727" height="437" /></strong><strong>James Edward Bannister never admitted his guilt, still he was convicted of quadruple homicide and arson, Wednesday</strong></h6>
<div>A 37-year-old Florida man has been convicted in the death of his ex-girlfriend, her mother and two children six years ago.</div>
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<p>After eight and a half hours of deliberation split over two days, a jury on Wednesday found James Edward Bannister guilty of four counts of first-degree murder and one count of arson in the deaths of CorDerica Hill, 6, CorDarrian Hill, 8, Jocalyn Gray, 27, and Bridget Gray, 52.<br />
Bannister allegedly shot each victim once in the head, then set the house and their bodies were in on fire Aug. 5, 2011.</p>
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<h6 class="wp-caption-text featured"><strong><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-283195" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/James-Edward-Bannister-9.jpg" alt="James Edward Bannister 9.jpg" width="4109" height="2464" />James Edward Bannister in court, Wednesday contemplates death or a life spent behind bars</strong></h6>
<div>A 37-year-old Florida man has been convicted in the death of his ex-girlfriend, her mother and two children six years ago.</div>
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<p>After eight and a half hours of deliberation split over two days, a jury on Wednesday found James Edward Bannister guilty of four counts of first-degree murder and one count of arson in the deaths of CorDerica Hill, 6, CorDarrian Hill, 8, Jocalyn Gray, 27, and Bridget Gray, 52.<br />
Bannister allegedly shot each victim once in the head, then set the house and their bodies were in on fire Aug. 5, 2011.<br />
Jocalyn Gray was Bannister’s girlfriend at the time and they had one child together. Bridget Gray was Jocalyn Gray’s mother. The Hill children lived at the burned-down house with Bridget Gray, who was dating their father, Willie Hill.<br />
The <a href="http://www.ocala.com/news/20171108/verdict-bannister-guilty-as-charged-in-quadruple-murder">Ocala Star-Banner reports</a> that 37-year-old James Edward Bannister was found guilty Wednesday of four counts of first-degree murder and one count of arson.<br />
Authorities say Bannister killed 6-year-old CorDerica Hill, 8-year-old CorDarrian Hill, 27-year-old Jocalyn Gray and 52-year-old Bridget Gray at a Marion County home in August 2011. He shot each victim once in the head and then set the house on fire.</p>
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<strong>Jocalyn Gray was Bannister’s girlfriend at the time and shared a child with her killer</strong></h6>
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<p>The Hill children belonged to the home owner, Bridget Gray’s boyfriend,Willie Hill.<br />
Bannister was dating victim Jocalyn Gray and he was the father of one of her three children. Those were not the children who were killed.<br />
Prosecutors described Bannister as someone who was cold and calculated and who lured Jocalyn Gray to her death.<br />
A specially formed task force cracked the case using cellphone records and a tipster who said Bannister had admitted to the crimes.<br />
Early Thursday morning, that tipster was outfitted with recording equipment and the task force secretly recorded a conversation with Bannister.<br />
He said he had smoked synthetic marijuana laced with cocaine, according to an arrest affidavit. He talked about how his girlfriend had been his world.<br />
“I just took my world,” he said.</p>
<h6><img class="alignnone wp-image-283214" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Clockwise-from-upper-left-Bridget-Gray-Jocalyn-Gray-CorDarrian-Hill-and-CorDerica-Hill..png" alt="Clockwise from upper left, Bridget Gray, Jocalyn Gray, CorDarrian Hill and CorDerica Hill..png" width="912" height="1062" /><strong>[L-R] Upper: Bridget Gray, Jocalyn Gray. Lower: CorDarrian Hill and CorDerica Hill.</strong></h6>
<h6><strong><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-283118" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Frainde-and-family-of-James-Edward-Bannisters-victimas.png" alt="Frainde and family of James Edward Bannister's victimas" width="757" height="449" />Ramona Hill and other family members are overcome with emotion a s James Bannister id found guilty of all counts in Ocala, Fla on Nov 8</strong></h6>
<p>Responding Fire and Rescue service members found Bannister outside the burning home in the early hours of Aug. 5, 2011 when the bodies were discovered. Wearing a T-shirt, jeans, he paced up and down the street crying and holding his head. He talked to anyone who would listen.<br />
He was audacious enough to be sitting in a living room among members of the Gray family talking with them four days later, only to be arrested as the prime suspect on the sixth day.<br />
Cellphone records place Bannister in the area of the crime scene during the time of the murders. Multiple calls from his phone to Jocalyn Gray’s after the murders coupled with a text beforehand telling her he was home when he wasn’t, prosecutors argued, showed his attempt to develop an alibi.</p>
<h6><strong><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-283144" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/James-Edward-Bannister-7.png" alt="James Edward Bannister 7" width="681" height="511" />Bannister was arrested on Aug 11, 2011</strong></h6>
<h6><strong><img class="alignnone wp-image-283208" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/The-home-James-Bannister-burned-down.png" alt="The home James Bannister burned down" width="744" height="826" />Bannister burned down Willie Hill&#8217;s home on Aug 5, 2011 to cover the murders</strong></h6>
<p>He also asked the informant to be his alibi and look into whether his location could be tracked through cellphone records.<br />
Bannister&#8217;s defense attempted to persuade the jury that Bannister wasn’t in control of his actions that night due to drug use &#8211; On all the recorded interviews and conversations entered into evidence, Bannister never admits to the murders. He does discuss what he would do if he wasn’t arrested for them.<br />
“I owe it to my baby,” he told the informant. “I owe it to my baby to give back &#8230; I owe her my life .. I owe the world, man.”<br />
The penalty phase of Bannister’s trial, begins Monday. The same jury is tasked with deciding unanimously, that Bannister should be sentenced to death, else spend the rest of his life behind bars without the possibility of parole.</p>
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Florida jury finds James Edward Bannister, guilty of killing ex-girlfriend in quadruple-murder
