Jury united in death penalty for Serrano
BEAVERTON, Ore. - A man who killed three people, including two young people, out of vengeance over a love triangle gone bad has received the death penalty.
In a unanimous vote, jurors in the Ricado Serrano case voted to place the convicted killer on Oregon's Death Row.
In February, a jury found 34-year-old Serrano guilty on 10 counts of aggravated murder in the deaths of Melody Dang and her two sons, 16-year-old Steven Dang and 12-year-old Jimmy Dang.
The three were killed at their home in November of 2006. Prosecutors in the case said Serrano was outraged when his wife became impregnated by another man, Mike Nguyen, and he went to the man's house, determined to get revenge by killing the people Nguyen loved - his live-in girlfriend and the boys.
The victims were found shot to death November 3, 2006, in a small hallway in their home in the Bethany community near Beaverton.