Family Of Man Killed In 2013 Relieved After Guilty Verdict

A family has been waiting eight and a half years for justice and says now they have it.

A Tulsa jury found Vicky McNeely guilty of shooting and killing her husband, Dan, at their Owasso home in 2013. The trial got delayed over and over, for years, but it went in front of a jury this week.

"Not only to have it be over but to get the verdict we did and the justice that we did, I just don't even have words,” said Nash.

Breathing a sigh of relief is something Megan Nash hasn't been able to do in nearly nine years.

"We haven't been able to grieve, at all. you know. At all. This has been hanging over our heads for eight and a half years,” said Nash.

Vicky McNeely was arrested in 2013 for shooting and killing her husband Dan. Vicky and her attorneys have argued over the tears that she shot Dan because he was chasing her with knives and trying to kill her. Megan says she knew from day one, her dad was not killed in self-defense.

“To hear those words guilty, I don't even know how to describe that feeling. I know that she thought she was going to go home, again,” said Nash. “That sense of satisfaction, I can't tell you how that feels knowing she's never going home, and she can’t do anything to any of us anymore."

Assistant District Attorney Kenneth Elmore says this is the longest case he's ever worked on. He says a domestic homicide case can be tough because there is a lot of emotion, but he says he's proud of the jury for relying on the evidence and seeing the truth.

"We always tell them the wheels of justice grind. They grind slowly but they grind and what we always promise them is this fight. We would never stop. Keep working this case and make sure we got it in front of a jury,” said Elmore.

Megan says her dad was a special guy and the hardest worker she knew. She says it hurts that he's missed out on so much, but she hopes he's proud of his family for fighting until the end.

"I just want him to know that we never wanted to give up and we needed that day in court to show who he was and who she was,” said Nash.

McNeely's attorney says they respect the verdict but will begin their next step in the case.

“Vicky was abused and scared. She was found not guilty on the murder charges and we are disappointed, yet respectful of the jury verdict on manslaughter. We are currently reviewing our client's appellate options.”

The jury found McNeely guilty of first-degree manslaughter and recommended she spend 25 years in prison.