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 District Attorney Devon Anderson said her staff will take three to
four months to decide whether to seek the death penalty for David
Conley but added, "At this point, it's a no-brainer."
Conley, 48, wearing a yellow Harris County Jail uniform and with his
hands cuffed in front of him for his court appearance, quietly
answered "yes" when asked to confirm his identity at a hearing.
Assistant District Attorney Alycia Harvey said Conley, who does not
yet have an attorney, has made a statement to authorities about his
relationship to the victims, who included two adults and six
children between the ages of 6 and 13.
 She said the dead included Conley's son, Nathaniel Conley, 13, and
the boy's mother, Valerie Jackson. Conley was outraged that Jackson
had changed the locks on her home, preventing him from getting
inside, prosecutors said.
Each of the three counts of capital murder can cover multiple
offenses.
Conley slipped into the home through a window, tied up eight people
- Jackson, her husband, and the six children - and shot them all in
the head, according to the indictment.
After a standoff with sheriff's deputies who went to the house after
a relative of one of the victims asked for a check on the family's
welfare, the suspect opened fire on officers when they entered the
home.
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Conley, who has a long history of violent crimes, was ordered held
without bond at a hearing Sunday and will remain in the Harris
County Jail.
In addition to Nathaniel Conley, authorities identified the slain
children as Honesty Jackson, 11, Dwayne Jackson, 10, Caleb Jackson,
9, Trinity Jackson, 7, and Jonah Jackson, 6.
(Reporting by Jim Forsyth in San Antonio; Writing by Jon Herskovitz;
Editing by Bill Trott)
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