WOODSTOCK, Ill. -- Charles Albanese, convicted in the arsenic poisoning deaths of his father and his wife's grandmother, was sentenced to death Wednesday in McHenry County Circuit Court.
The sentencing was strictly a formality.
Albanese was sentenced to die in the electric chair by the same jury that convicted him last month.
Albanese, 44, Spring Grove, displayed no reaction as sentence was imposed. Judge Henry Cowlin also sentenced him to 60 years in jail for the attempted murder of his brother and five years on two theft counts.
Albanese was convicted May 18 in the arsenic poisoningsof his father, Michael Albanese Sr., 69, and his wife's grandmother, Mary Lambert, 87, in a plot to take over the family business.
He also was convicted of attempting to kill his brother, Michael Albanese Jr., 35, and was scheduled to go on trial Aug. 9 in Lake County on charges of killing his mother-in-law, Marion Mueller, 69.
Testimony during the trial indicated Albanese comitted the killings in a bid to take over the family trophy business and collect a $67,000 inheritance.
