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BOB THIS WAS AN EXTREMELY QUICK TURNAROUND FOR THIS JURY, NOT FIGHTING FOR THE DEATH PENALTY FOR MARKEITH LOYD, AND CLEARLY, THIS MADE THE KILLER PLEASED. MARKEITH LOYD BLEW KISSES TO HIS FAMILY MEMBERS, SMILED, AND APPEARED TO SAY I’LL CALL YOU, AFTER GETTING THE BEST POSSIBLE VERDICT HE COULD HOPE FOR, NO DEATH PENALTY. THAT VERDICT, DECIDED, BECAUSE THE JURY FOUND THE AGGRAVATING FACTORS, IN HE MURDERS OF SHARDAY DIXON AND HER UNBORN CHILD, WERE NOT ENOUGH, TO EXECUTE LOYD. >> WE THE JURY UNANIMOUSLY FIND THE AGGRAVATING FACTORS ARE SUFFICIENT TO WARRANT A POSSIBLE SENTENCE OF DEATH, NO, THAT . BOB: THAT MEANS LOYD GETS TWO MANDATORY LIFE SENTENCES, DIXON’S FAMILY LEFT, WITHOUT SPEAKING, OR REACTING. LOYD’S FAMILY ALSO STAYED SILENT, AS THEY WALKED TO THEIR CARS. BUT HIS ATTORNEY, THANKED THE JURY. >> I FEEL REALLY GOOD, I’M GRATEFUL TO THE JURY. BOB: IN THIS CASE, THE ONLY 2 AGGRAVATING FACTORS PROSECUTORS CITED IN THE CASE, WERE THAT LOYD WAS ON PROBATION, AT THE TIME OF THE MURDER, AND, THAT HE’D PREVIOUSLY BEEN CONVICTED OF A VIOLENT FELONY. BUT HE STILL FACES A SECOND TRIAL, FOR THE MURDER OF ORLANDO POLICE LIEUTENANT DEBRA CLAYTON. AND IN THAT CASE, IF HE’S FOUND GUILTY, DIXON, AND THE UNBORN BABY’S MURDERS, WILL BE AGGRAVATING FACTORS. LOYD’S ATTORNEY TOLD ME, THEY’RE STILL WORKING ON HOW THEY’LL HANDLE THAT CASE, BUT THEY ARE CONSIDERING, USING AN INSANITY DEFENSE. >> THERE’S A LOT OF THINGS THE JURY DIDN’T HEAR ABOUT HIM. AND THERE’S A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON LEADING UP TO THE DIXON KILLING, AND THE CLAYTON KILLING. AND SO WE ARE OBVIOUSLY GOING TO EMBRACE THE TRUTH OF THOSE THINGS AND A LOT OF IT HAS TO DO WITH MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES. BOB: THE CLAYTON TRIAL IS SET TO BEGIN IN MAY.

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After just an hour of deliberation a jury recommended that Markeith Loyd be sentenced to life in prison for killing his pregnant ex-girlfriend, Sade Dixon. Moments after the jury made the recommendation, Circuit Judge Leticia Marques handed down the sentence of life in prison. The same jury found Loyd guilty last week of first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of the 24-year-old Dixon outside her home in 2016.Loyd is also accused of fatally shooting Orlando police Lt. Debra Clayton and will go on trial in that case later.Loyd faced the possibility of execution for the murder, but jurors found the aggravators offered by prosecutors were not sufficient for death penalty. Those factors were that Loyd was on probation, and that he’d previously been convicted of a violent felony. Closing arguments in the sentencing phase were made Wednesday after two days of testimony. After closing arguments were made and the jury began deliberations, Loyd told the judge he does not want to be in the courtroom when the verdict returns. He was taken out of the courtroom and will be returned to Orange County Jail. During the penalty phase, Loyd’s defense has called a number of his family members to testify. Loyd’s daughter took the stand Tuesday and said she had a loving father. Kianna Loyd talked about how Loyd expressed regret that he couldn't be more present when it came to raising her, because of his time in prison, but says he did what he could.Loyd's family told jurors that he always took care of everyone, often using money he made by selling drugs. They said that a life of crime, violence and trauma changed him.