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Death penalty recommended by jury for Sacramento man convicted of 2017 quadruple murder

Sacramento jury recommends death penalty for man convicted in 2017 quadruple murder
Sacramento jury recommends death penalty for man convicted in 2017 quadruple murder 00:27

SACRAMENTO – A jury has reached a verdict of death for the man convicted of killing four of his own family members at a Sacramento home in 2017, the district attorney's office said.

Prosecutors charged Salvador Vasquez-Oliva for the March 2017 killing of his wife Angelique Vasquez and their children Mia and Alvin. Vasquez-Oliva was also charged with stabbing his niece Ashley Coleman to death.

The crimes were discovered when all four victims were found at a South Land Park home. Vasquez-Oliva was later arrested in the Bay Area.

Back on May 1, Vasquez-Oliva was convicted by a jury of four counts of first-degree murder with special circumstances.

The jury returned a verdict of death on Friday, the Sacramento County District Attorney's Office announced this week.

Vasquez-Oliva is scheduled to be sentenced on Aug. 25. 

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