Miami man who claimed ‘voices' told him to kill a mother and son found guilty 

A Miami man who police mentioned killed a mother and her son because he heard voices that informed him to do it and deduced one of the casualties was the devil based on movies he d watched was unveiled guilty by jurors on two counts of first-degree murder Ronnie Candelaria was convicted on Thursday for the premeditated murder of -year-old Gale Sikora and her -year-old son Anthony Sikora The shooting happened in inside a home in the area of Southwest rd Avenue and Southwest th Street Police responded after receiving multiple calls of shots fired in the area around a m During closing arguments on Thursday state attorneys communicated jurors Candelaria invaded the mother and son s home with the intention of killing Anthony but the mother was just collateral damage He accomplished his goal by firing multiple rounds into Anthony s head revealed Johnathan Nobile an assistant state attorney Prosecutors explained Candelaria was packed with a magazine ammunition a handgun and an AK- when he broke into the Sikora home and fired times Gale was shot times with the high-powered rifle according to Nobile Following his arrest Candelaria recounted detectives he thought the son was the devil after watching The Punisher The Punisher War Zone Little Nicky and the TV show Current Bad according to an arrest affidavit Police noted the scene was bloody and that the shooter used a gun to blast through a glass door after failing to shoot through the front door During the trial Candelaria s attorney admitted his client was a killer but suggested jurors should convict on a lesser charge like manslaughter or second-degree murder and not first-degree Jurors deliberated and reached a quick guilty-as-charged verdict on Thursday and Judge Andrea Ricker Wolfson sentenced Candelaria to a mandatory life sentence I want to appeal Candelaria stated before he was sent away