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Article: Barbee receives death sentence.
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- The Dallas Morning News (Dallas, TX)
- Article date:
- February 28, 2006
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Byline: Jeff Mosier
Feb. 28--FORT WORTH -- A jury sentenced Stephen Barbee to death Monday for murdering his pregnant ex-girlfriend, Lisa Underwood, and her 7-year-old son, Jayden, to cover up an affair.
The jury deliberated for three hours before deciding that Mr. Barbee deserved execution instead of a life sentence for the February 2005 killings.
Sheila Underwood, mother and grandmother of the victims, looked at the ceiling and then nodded her head when the verdict was read Monday afternoon as the weeklong trial was ending.
A few minutes later, she demanded that Mr. Barbee look at her as she spoke.
"I'm 53 years old, and I ...