A Berks County jury deliberated for two hours before sentencing 28-year-old /*Albert Perez*/ to death on Wednesday for killing 22-year-old /*Duceliz Diaz-Santiago*/ and her daughter Kayla on Jan. 15, 2007.
Perez was convicted of two counts of first-degree murder on May 19. Prosecutors say he hanged Diaz-Santiago and her daughter in an apartment in Bernville, about 60 miles northwest of Philadelphia.
Investigators say Perez tried to cover up the killings by making the deaths appear to be a murder-suicide. Prosecutors say he fabricated a suicide note to try to pin the deaths on Duceliz Diaz-Santiago.
