As the verdict was read Thursday and family of Patricia Wilson and Robert Wilson wept, Jonathan D. Hurst, found guilty of murdering the elderly mother and her son, sat next to his defense lawyers and appeared to show no reaction.

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It took the jury less than three hours Thursday to find Jonathan D. Hurst guilty of the 2016 murders of Sycamore mother and son Patricia Wilson, 85, and Robert Wilson, 64. The verdict came on the sixth day of trial.

Traces of Jonathan D. Hurst's DNA were found on a pillow and two knives tucked away in a crawl space in the basement laundry room of Patricia and Robert Wilson's rural Sycamore home, a forensic expert testified Wednesday. The Wilsons were found bludgeoned to death in 2016.

Though Jonathan Hurst has denied ever being in Sycamore, a forensic expert testified in a double murder trial Tuesday that Hurst’s fingerprints match those found on multiple items inside the home of Patricia and Robert Wilson. The Wilsons were found beaten to death Aug. 15, 2016.

Two DeKalb police officers were hospitalized Tuesday after a squad car they were in was struck by a stolen vehicle driven by a man who initially gave a false name and fled from authorities, police said. The man also is wanted for homicide out of Georgia.

The former Chicago man accused in the 2016 killings of Patricia and Robert Wilson told police, when asked where he was in August 2016, that he was "going to walk across Illinois," a retired detective said in testimony Monday. The trial of Jonathan D. Hurst continues Tuesday.

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Prosecutors continued their arguments Monday during day three of the double murder trial of Jonathan D. Hurst at the DeKalb County Courthouse in Sycamore. Hurst is charged in the 2016 killings of Sycamore mother and son Patricia Wilson, 85, and Robert Wilson, 64.

When DeKalb police Detective Kelly Sullivan saw the home of Patricia Wilson and Robert Wilson the night they were found beaten to death Aug. 15, 2016, she said her investigative training pointed to a “sloppy” killer. The murder trial of Jonathan D. Hurst continued Friday.

Family members of Patricia Wilson and Robert Wilson took the witness stand Thursday to recount finding their slain loved ones on Aug. 15, 2016. The double murder trial of Jonathan D. Hurst, a former Chicago man charged in their 2016 killings, continues Friday.