USA - Missouri. A jury sentenced Vernell Loggins Jr., 39, black, to death

A Franklin County jury convicted Vernell Loggins Jr., 39, black, of 1st-degree murder in the death of his girlfriend, Stephanie Fields, 25, and recommended that a judge sentence him to death. Sentencing is set for March 12. Maintenance workers found parts of Fields' body Nov. 3, 2009, under ice in a trash can. Her head and forearms had been cut off and the trash can had been glued shut. Jurors saw a video of Loggins buying a trash can, glue, carpet cleaner and Tide detergent from a Walmart a day before Fields' body was found.