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FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A Texas jury on Wednesday sentenced a
man to death for killing and dismembering three people whose
bodies were found in a burning dumpster in Fort Worth in 2021.
The Tarrant County jury found Jason Thornburg, 44, guilty of
capital murder last month in the deaths of David Lueras, 42,
Lauren Phillips, 34, and Maricruz Mathis, 33. According to his
arrest warrant, Thornburg confessed to police about the
killings.
“He is evil," prosecutor Amy Allin told jurors.
According to Thornburg's arrest warrant, he also told police he
had killed his roommate and girlfriend.
The roommate, Mark Jewell, 61, was found dead in a house fire
earlier that year. Thornburg's girlfriend, Tanya Begay, a Navajo
woman from Gallup, New Mexico, went missing after taking a trip
to Arizona with Thornburg in 2017.
He told officers he had in-depth knowledge of the Bible and
believed he was being called to “commit sacrifices,” according
to the arrest warrant.
Thornburg's attorneys had argued that he should be found not
guilty by reason of insanity.
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