BREAKING NEWS: South Carolina father who murdered his five children with his own hands is sentenced to death By Emily Crane For Dailymail.com Published: 20:35 BST, 13 June 2019 | Updated: 20:37 BST, 13 June 2019 Viewcomments A South Carolina father who killed his five children with his own hands and then drove around with their bodies in his truck for nine days has been sentenced to death. Timothy Jones Jr. showed no emotion as the jury delivered the verdict after less than two hours of deliberation on Thursday. They also could have sentenced him to life without parole. The same Lexington County jury convicted Jones of five counts of murder last week in the deaths of his children, ages 1 to 8, in their Lexington home in August 2014. Timothy Jones Jr. was sentenced to death on Thursday for killing his five children in South Carolina in 2014 Share or comment on this article: All rights reserved for this news site dailymail and under his responsibility