The Associated Press
In this booking photo released by the Polk County, Iowa, Jail, is Marvin Oswaldo Escobar-Orellana. A jury failed to reach a verdict in the case of Escobar-Orellana accused of killing a woman and her two young children inside his Des Moines home, leading the judge to declare a mistrial on Thursday, April 22, 2021.After four days of deliberations, the jury was unable to reach a verdict on two of three first-degree murder counts against Marvin Esquivel Lopez.
DES MOINES — A jury failed to reach a verdict in the case of a man accused of killing a woman and her two young children inside his Des Moines home, leading the judge to declare a mistrial on Thursday.