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Town Reacts to Colegrove Triple Murder Verdict

Town Reacts to Colegrove Triple Murder Verdict - Thursday, January 29, 2009 at 6:58PM EST

LACEYVILLE, WYOMING COUNTY- People in Wyoming County are sounding off after a guilty verdict in a triple murder case. Late Wednesday night, a jury found Stephen Colgrove guilty of murdering his mother, father and brother. We traveled to Laceyville Thursday, where the family was well known.

The Colgroves were a fixture in Laceyville , Wyoming county. That's just a few miles from their Tuscarora township home, where they were murdered last august. Talking to people in that area Thursday, it's hard to find someone not happy with this verdict. It's a quiet day here in Laceyville, but there's a lot on people's minds. Bob and wife Anita Vogel talked to us about Steven Colegrove's verdict. "i think justice was served. He was found guilty by a jury of his peers. I personally hope he gets the death penalty."

Wednesday night he was found guilty of murdering his father Joe, mother Marlene, and brother Michael. The Colegroves were gunned down at their Tuscrarora township home in august, 2007. Prosecutors say Steven drove from his deposit, New York home to gun down his family, then drove back. Joe Colegrove owned a barber shop for years in Laceyville.

A fire helmet sits in this window at the fire department, a dedication to Joe. Cal Otten says the jury got the verdict right. "I certainly think that it's the right thing to get a guilty plea on somebody they got all the evidence I heard they had on him."

Now this town will wait again. A jury will now decide if Steven Colegrove will get the death penalty. The Bradford County jury that found Colegrove guilty is going to meet Friday morning. After arguments by both the prosecution and defense, the jury will deliberate. Colegrove will either get the death penalty or life in prison.