HARTINGTON, Neb. (KTIV) - In 2024, Jason Jones was found guilty of four counts of first-degree murder. He is now expected to be back in court later in 2025 to be sentenced.

Jones, who was convicted of killing four people in Laurel, Nebraska, has a sentencing and determination hearing scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025.

He faces the death penalty, and in that November hearing, a panel of judges will determine if he will be sentenced to death or spend his life in prison.

Jones was convicted of shooting and killing 86-year-old Gene Twiford, his wife 85-year-old Janet Twiford and their 55-year-old daughter Dana Twiford, and 53-year-old Michele Ebeling in their Laurel, Nebraska homes in the early morning hours of Aug. 4, 2022, then setting each home on fire. He was charged and convicted

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