A 25-year-old Carthage man has been convicted on two counts of aggravated murder in the Sept. 7 deaths of his wife and unborn child.

Broe

        A Hamilton County Common Pleas jury reached the verdicts against John Broe late Wednesday evening after deliberating about 90 minutes.

        Family members had no comment Thursday.

        Mr. Broe's attorney, Scott Croswell, said he plans to appeal the murder convictions. Mr. Broe was also convicted of tampering with evidence for removing his wife's body from their home.

        He faces 41 years to life in prison on the aggravated murder charges. He is to be sentenced June 7.

        Mr. Broe was accused of beating his 24-year-old wife, Shannon, to death with a baseball bat inside their North Bend Road home. She was five months pregnant.

        Mrs. Broe's body was found three days later, buried in a container near the Dana Avenue entrance ramp to southbound Interstate 71 in Evanston.

        Prosecutors said Mr. Broe struck his wife five times in the head with an aluminum baseball bat after she confronted him about his alleged affair with an 18-year-old woman, who also is pregnant with his child.

        Mr. Croswell argued that his client did not intend to kill his wife and child but was simply trying to defend himself from his spouse, who was armed with a knife. He said he accidentally hit her in the head.

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