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Jury convicts youngest of two brothers who slaughtered their parents and three siblings in horrifying massacre at their Oklahoma home

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><h3><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;808080&semi;"><em><strong>Columbine loving teen boy and his older brother decided to start their menace by wiping out their parents and siblings&comma; in Oklahoma<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;span><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><strong>Jury convicts youngest of two brothers who three years ago murdered their family in cold blood&comma; at their home near Tulsa&comma; Oklahoma <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><strong>Michael Bever&comma; now 19&comma; was convicted on Wednesday of five counts of murder<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;">On July 22&comma; 2015&comma; aged 16 and 18 Michael and his older brother Robert Bever&comma; stabbed their parents and three siblings to death in Broken Arrow&comma; Okla<&sol;span><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><strong>The leader cops said&comma; was Robert Beaver who fatally stabbed Daniel&comma; 12&comma; Christopher&comma; 7&comma; five-year-old Victoria Bever<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><strong>Their parents David&comma; 52&comma; and April Bever&comma; 44&comma; were also slaughtered in the massacre <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><strong>Around 11&period;30pm on July 22&comma; Robert and Daniel Bever lured their 13-year-old sister into a bedroom&comma; slit her throat and stabbed her in the torso and arms<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><strong>When their mom April came to the bedroom to find out what was going on&comma; she was stabbed nearly 50 times in the head&comma; neck and torso<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><strong>Their dad David Bever&comma; was stabbed 28 times in the head&comma; neck and torso&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><strong>Their 13-year-old sister survived as did their<&sol;strong><&sol;span><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><strong> youngest sibling &&num;8211&semi; the two-year-old girl slept through the massacre&comma; and was unharmed<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><strong>Robert Bever&comma; now 21&comma; was convicted in 2016 and sentenced to serve life in prison&comma; without possibility of parole <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><strong>Daniel Bever&&num;8217&semi;s defense attorneys argued that older brother Robert  planned the attack and was motivated by his &&num;8216&semi;hatred&&num;8217&semi; of society and &&num;8216&semi;everyone&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><strong>Michael&comma; 16 at the time&comma; claimed he went along with murder plot to be spared himself<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><strong>A jury rejected that claim and convicted him on all five counts<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;">Jury will now decide if he should ever get parole<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div id&equals;"articleIconLinksContainer">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"count-text"><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-292797" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;05&sol;Michael-Bever-2&period;png" alt&equals;"Michael Bever 2&period;png" width&equals;"633" height&equals;"536" &sol;><br &sol;>&NewLine;Michael Bever&comma; now 19&comma;  was convicted Wednesday on five counts of first degree murder for killing his parents and three siblings in a stabbing frenzy in 2015<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">An Oklahoma court has convicted the youngest of two brothers for stabbing to death their parents and three of their siblings in a 2015 massacre&period; Jurors found Michael Bever&comma; 19&comma; guilty of five counts of first degree murder and one count of assault and battery on Wednesday night&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;His older brother Robert&comma; now 21&comma; was convicted in 2016 and sentenced to life imprisonment without possibility of parole&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The pair murdered their parents&comma; David and April Bever&comma; younger brothers Daniel and Christopher&comma; and their sister Victoria in a frenzied stabbing attack in July 2015 at their home in Broken Arrow&comma; Oklahoma&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Their 13-year-old sister survived the stabfest as did&comma; a two-year-old sister who was asleep during the incident&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The killers fled to the woods behind their house after the attack and were arrested by police&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-292800" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;05&sol;Robert-Bever-left-and-Robert-Bever-right-1&period;png" alt&equals;"Robert Bever &lbrack;left&rsqb;&comma; and Robert Bever &lbrack;right&rsqb;&comma; 1&period;png" width&equals;"774" height&equals;"448" &sol;>Real mugshots&colon; The brothers hid in the woods after the attack and were hunted down by a police dog&period; They are shown above in the mugshots taken immediately after they were caught with mud on their faces<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<h6><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-292796" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;05&sol;Beaver-siblings-Christopher-Left-their-sister-13-Victoria-third-left-Robert-second-right-two-year-old-sister-on-Roberts-lap-and-Daniel-right-1&period;png" alt&equals;"Beaver siblings&colon; Christopher &lbrack;Left&rsqb;&comma; their sister &lbrack;13&rsqb;&comma; Victoria &lbrack;third left&rsqb;&comma; Robert &lbrack;second right&rsqb;&comma; two-year-old sister &lbrack;on Robert's lap&rsqb;&comma; and Daniel&comma; &lbrack;right&rsqb; 1&period;png" width&equals;"657" height&equals;"775" &sol;><strong>Bever siblings&colon; Robert Beaver&lbrack;second right&rsqb;&comma; allegedly stabbed his siblings Christopher &lbrack;Left&rsqb;&comma; Victoria &lbrack;third left&rsqb;&comma; and Daniel&comma; &lbrack;right&rpar;&period; Their 13-year-old sister &lbrack;second from left&rpar; and two-year-old sister &lbrack;on Robert&&num;8217&semi;s lap&rsqb; survived the ordeal<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>Michael Bever&comma; now 19&comma; was found guilty on Wednesday of five counts of first degree murder for killing his parents and siblings in a stabbing massacre in 2015&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;During Michael&&num;8217&semi;s trial&comma; through his attorneys claimed the attack was driven and orchestrated by his older brother who &&num;8216&semi;hated&&num;8217&semi; society and &&num;8216&semi;everyone&&num;8217&semi;&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He admitted that he was obsessed with Columbine but claimed he only went along with his brother&&num;8217&semi;s murderous plot to save his own life&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Michael&comma; who was 16 at the time of the killings&comma; pleaded not guilty on that basis&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He will be sentenced on Thursday morning&period; A life sentence is inevitable but the jury must decide whether he ought to ever be eligible for parole&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"splitLeft">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-292803" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;05&sol;David-and-April-Bever-1&period;png" alt&equals;"David and April Bever 1&period;png" width&equals;"619" height&equals;"400" &sol;><strong>Unfortunate parents David &lbrack;left&rsqb;&comma; and April Bever &lbrack;right&rsqb;&comma; were slaughtered by their two oldest boys&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<p class&equals;"imageCaption">The brothers hid in the woods after the attack and were found by a police dog&period; They are shown  in the mugshots taken immediately after they were caught with mud on their faces&comma; before the shots were retaken after the suspects had been cleaned up&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"imageCaption"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-292804" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;05&sol;Robert-Bever-left-and-Robert-Bever-right-had-mugshots-retaken-after-they-were-cleaned-up2&period;png" alt&equals;"Robert Bever &lbrack;left&rsqb;&comma; and Robert Bever &lbrack;right&rsqb;&comma; had mugshots retaken after they were cleaned up2&period;png" width&equals;"758" height&equals;"357" &sol;><strong>Michael Bever&lbrack;left&rsqb; in his 2015 mugshot was 16 at the time&period; Murder plot instigator Robert&comma; then 18&comma; is seen &lbrack;right&rsqb; after being cleaned up<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic"><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-292802" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;05&sol;Daniel-Bever-front-and-Robert-Bever-rear-1&period;png" alt&equals;"Daniel Bever &lbrack;front&rsqb;&comma; and Robert Bever &lbrack;rear&rsqb;&comma; 1" width&equals;"692" height&equals;"935" &sol;>In this February 2016 picture&comma; Robert leads his younger brother into court in shackles&period; Michael claimed he was just trying too save his own life by going along with the killings<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>The brothers kicked off their heinous plot around 11&period;30pm on July 22&period; First was a knife attack on their 13-year-old sister&comma; who testified that her brothers lured her into a bedroom where they slit her throat and stabbed her in the torso and arms&period; Fittingly she survived to see them caged&period;&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<p>As they attacked her&comma; their mother April came to the bedroom to find out what was going on&period; hey turned on her&period; She was stabbed nearly 50 times in the head&comma; neck and torso&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Fifty-two-year-old David Bever was killed by 28 stab wounds to the head&comma; neck and torso&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img-group floatRHS">&NewLine;<p class&equals;"imageCaption"><img class&equals;" size-full wp-image-292805 alignleft" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;05&sol;Robert-Beaver-2-1&period;png" alt&equals;"Robert Beaver 2&period;png" width&equals;"298" height&equals;"364" &sol;>Now 21&comma; Robert in October 2016 &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; he took a plea deal which found him guilty of all five murders but spared him execution in exchange for life without parole<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">Daniel&comma; 12&comma; was able to call 911 before he succumbed to the nine stab wounds he sustained&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The youngest victim was five-year-old Victoria who the brothers stabbed 18 times&period;  Two-year-old Autumn was asleep throughout the attack and was not harmed&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;During his trial&comma; prosecutors heard how Michael tricked his siblings into opening locked doors as they hid from Robert by pretending that he too was under attack&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;When police arrived at the family home&comma; there was blood on the porch&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Michael and Robert had fled to the woods behind the house and were found by a police dog&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mol-para-with-font"><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-292799" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;05&sol;Robert-Bever-right-and-Daniel-Bever-centre-Their-13-year-old-sister-who-survived-the-massacre-1&period;png" alt&equals;"Robert Bever &lbrack;right&rsqb;&comma; and Daniel Bever &lbrack;centre&rsqb;&comma; Their 13-year-old sister who survived the massacre 1" width&equals;"698" height&equals;"334" &sol;>A plea deal with the oldest survivor of the attack&comma; helped Robert Bever&lbrack; right&rsqb;&comma; avoid the death penalty&period; In exchange the 13-year-old was spared having to testify in court in October 2016 <&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"imageCaption"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-292798" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;05&sol;Bever-familys-home-in-Broken-Arrow-Oklahoma-near-Tulsa-Okla&period;png" alt&equals;"Bever family's home in Broken Arrow&comma; Oklahoma&comma; near Tulsa&comma; Okla&period;png" width&equals;"681" height&equals;"436" &sol;><strong>The boys were set to embark on a public mass-shooting&comma; starting with relatives  at the family&&num;8217&semi;s home in Broken Arrow&comma; Oklahoma&comma; near Tulsa Okla&period;&comma; on July 22 2015<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"imageCaption">The brothers had planned to steal their parents&&num;8217&semi; car and drive to Washington State after carrying out the killings&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;They wanted to shoot five people at a time in random attacks along the way using guns and ammunition Robert had been able to buy online&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Much of Michael&&num;8217&semi;s trial relied on claims made to police by the 13-year-old sister who survived&comma; but was spared having to testify in court in October 2016 in exchange for Robert being spared execution&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;

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