HOUSTON - Sarah Hartsfield is awaiting sentencing after a jury found her guilty of her husband’s murder.

The jury reached the verdict on Wednesday, and the trial then turned to the punishment phase.

Hartsfield is back in court on Thursday.

How to get updates:

The court is not allowing the trial to be livestreamed. However, FOX 26 is at the trial and will bring you updates throughout the day in this story and on the free FOX LOCAL app.

Sarah Hartsfield's murder charge

The backstory:

Joseph Hartsfield died in January 2023. He was Sarah's fifth husband.

The Chambers County Sheriff’s Office says they were called to a Baytown hospital on the evening of Jan. 7, 2023, about the suspicious illness of an emergency room patient – Joseph. He had been brought in by ambulance from Beach

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