USA - Georgia. A jury today unanimously sentenced 61-year-old David Edenfield to death.

A jury today unanimously sentenced 61-year-old David Edenfield to death. He was convicted yesterday of aggravated child molestation and murder in the March 8, 2007 slaying of 6-year-old Christopher Michael Barrios. Edenfield was the first of three family members to stand trial in the case. His wife Peggy Edenfield and their 34-year-son George Edenfield have also been charged with abducting, molesting and killing the boy. George Edenfield, was a convicted child molester. David Edenfield confessed to the crime in a videotaped interview with a police detective the day after the boy's body was found. On the tape, Edenfield said he and his son molested the boy inside their home while his wife, Peggy, watched. He said Christopher pleaded with them to stop and threatened to tell his father and grandmother, prompting Edenfield's son to begin choking the boy. Edenfield told police he placed his own hands on top of his son's as Christopher choked to death. George Edenfield, who is mentally retarded according to his father, is still being evaluated to determine if he's competent to stand trial. Peggy Edenfield would be tried last, according to deal in which prosecutors agreed to spare her from the death penalty if she testified against her husband and son.