Prosecutors plan to seek the death penalty against a Triangle man charged with killing his wife and two stepchildren last year.
Carrillo Dean, 45, is charged with seven counts of capital murder and three counts of use of a firearm in commission of a felony.
He is accused of shooting 45-year-old Elizabeth Dean, 14-year-old Brittany Kirk and 13-year-old Connor Kirk at the house on Cedar Drive in Triangle where they all lived on Feb. 12, 2009.
In court documents filed April 9, prosecutors said they will seek the death penalty against the former Prince William County park ranger.
Dean’s defense attorney, Ronald Fahy, filed documents April 5 stating that he plans to present evidence that Dean was insane at the time of the shootings.
According to testimony at a preliminary hearing, Dean and his wife had been arguing that night.
Police said that at some point during the argument, Dean retrieved a handgun from a dresser and shot his wife. Police said he then shot Connor and Brittany, before calling a police non-emergency number to report a domestic problem at the house.
When police arrived, they found Elizabeth Dean and Connor Kirk dead of gunshot wounds to the head.
Brittany Kirk was still alive and was flown to an area hospital, where she later died.
When detectives asked Dean what happened, he said he “just snapped,” police said.
Dean's mother, who lived in another part of the house, was unharmed.
Dean’s trial is set to begin on June 7.
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