MANHATTAN (AP) – A northeastern Kansas man has been found guilty of capital murder for the September 2009 killings of his ex-girlfriend and their son.

The jury in Riley County District Court deliberated only a few hours Friday afternoon before returning the verdict against 24-year-old Luis Aguirre.

Aguirre was charged with suffocating 18-year-old Tanya Maldonado and the couple’s 13-month-old son, Juan, at the young woman’s home in Manhattan. A hunter found the bodies the following month in a shallow grave near Ogden.

The trial now moves to the sentencing phase. The judge ordered the jury to return to court July 9 to decide whether Aguirre should be executed or receive a lesser sentence, such as life in prison.

Evidence in the trial included video of Aguirre telling investigators the deaths were accidental.