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I wonder why this case didn't draw any attention on VP.

PEORIA, Ill. — "Christopher Harris insisted he didn't beat all five of his former in-laws to death in their central Illinois home, only the 14-year-old boy who Harris said was slaughtering his own family when Harris wandered into the house late one night in 2009.

A jury didn't believe Harris, convicting him Friday on five first-degree murder charges after about five hours of deliberations. The 34-year-old faces a mandatory life sentence.

Harris sat quietly as the verdict was read count by count – including home invasion and other lesser charges _dropping his head into his hands before being led away in handcuffs.

Harris was found guilty of using a tire iron to kill 39-year-old Ruth Gee; Ruth's husband, 46-year-old Raymond "Rick" Gee; Rick's son 11-year-old son Austin Gee; and Ruth's children, 16-year-old Justina Constant and the 14-year-old boy, Dillen Constant. All five died inside the family's home in the small town of Beason, about 160 southwest of Chicago. The Gees' then-3-year-old daughter, Tabitha, was beaten but survived."

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