foreperson

On Monday afternoon, the foreperson finally read out the verdict, finding Echeverria and Pineda guilty on two counts of murder in the first degree.

The court grew quiet as the jury foreperson handed the verdict sheet to the court deputy.

The foreperson eventually sent a note to the judge saying the jury had finished for the day.

The foreperson told the judge and attorneys, “I feel afraid inside there,” according to a transcript.

"They all thought they were involved in a normal discourse, and they don't understand why the foreperson bowed out."