TIS, this story has gotten lots of local coverage. Because the father was locked in the basement, he escaped most of the smoke and was able to crawl out. The fact that the cops were called and didn't make it their just adds to the heartbreak.

To me, the most horrific aspect is that he admitted that after raping the daughter and tying them both to their beds, he not only splashed the house with gasoline, but their beds, too, and then burned them alive.

They asked the father how he felt upon hearing the guilty verdict, and he only said that his family was still gone, their home was still gone.