A New Port Richey man has avoided the death penalty.
Eleven out of 12 jurors voted in favor of the execution of 32-year-old Adam Matos to be executed, but an unanimous agreement couldn't be reached.
The non-unanimous decision automatically gives him a life sentence.
The same jury convicted the man last week on four counts of first-degree murder for killing his ex-girlfriend Megan Brown, her new boyfriend Nick Leonard, and her parents Greg and Margaret Brown in 2014.
Matos testified last week that he committed the slayings but in self-defense. After the slayings, Matos moved the four bodies to Hudson.