BY MATT DINGER, Staff Writer
An Oklahoma County jury took only half an hour before finding a man who represented himself at trial guilty of murdering his estranged wife and her unborn daughter.
Fabion DeMargio Brown, 26, remained expressionless as the verdict was read Thursday evening in Oklahoma County District Court.
Brown was convicted of two counts of first-degree murder and one count of conspiracy in the murder-for-hire plot that left 23-year-old Jessica Brown and her unborn daughter, Ryleigh, dead in her Midwest City home.
Jurors heard testimony that he paid $250 for the deaths.
Life or death sentence
Jurors will return Friday morning to decide whether Brown will be sentenced to death or life in prison.
The jury chose 10 years in prison and a $5,000 fine on the conspiracy count.
Jessica Brown was shot twice in the head while sleeping in a bedroom of her Midwest City home on Jan.
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