No verdict yet in Benton County triple murder trial

Jurors in the triple murder trial of Francisco J. Resendez Miranda did not reach a verdict Friday after seven hours of deliberations.

The 24-year-old Umatilla man is accused of killing David Perez-Saucedo, Abigail Torres-Renteria and Victoria Torres.

The bodies of the three Pasco residents were found Aug. 9, 2014, in a rural cornfield at Easterday Farms in southeastern Benton County.

Perez-Saucedo, 22, and Torres-Renteria, 23, were both shot to death, while Torres, 19, was strangled with a belt after being shot once in the neck.

Resendez Miranda is charged with three counts of aggravated first-degree murder, including aggravating circumstances of multiple victims and that Torres-Renteria was pregnant.

His trial started Nov. 2 and the case was handed to the jury Thursday afternoon. The panel will resume deliberations Nov. 23.

This story was originally published November 20, 2015 at 5:39 PM with the headline "No verdict yet in Benton County triple murder trial."