Barbara Potter and Jenelle PotterJONESBOROUGH, Tenn. - A jury has convicted a mother and daughter in a double slaying that prosecutors say was prompted by the younger woman being deleted as a friend on Facebook.
The Johnson City Press reports the jury in Jonesborough this afternoon found 64-year-old Barbara Potter and 35-year-old Jenelle Potter of Mountain City guilty of conspiracy to commit first-degree murder and two counts of first-degree murder.
The two were convicted in the 2012 slayings of 36-year-old Billy Payne and 23-year-old Billie Jean Hayworth, who were found dead inside their Johnson City home.
Assistant District Attorney General Dennis Brook says the killings happened after Jenelle Potter was "unfriended" by the couple on Facebook.
Defense attorneys said in closing arguments that prosecutors didn't prove the women were involved in the killings.