UPDATE: No Verdict Yet--Jury to Return Monday in Severance Triple Murder Trial

Friday 4:40 p.m.: The jury in the Charles Severance triple murder trial has gone home for the day Friday and will return to continue deliberations Monday morning.

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The jury in the Charles Severance triple murder trial has begun deliberations this week and will continue their work Friday morning, according to several media reports.

Severance, 55, of Ashburn, and formerly an Alexandria resident, is accused in the murders of three Alexandrians over 11 years.

The jury left Thursday at 5 p.m., without a verdict. Severance faces charges in the deaths of Nancy Dunning in 2003, Ron Kirby in 2013 and Ruthanne Lodato last year. John Kelly, a spokesman for the Lodato family, said that members of all three families were awaiting the verdict together Thursday at the courthouse, NBC-4 reported.

The jury will begin deliberations again Friday at 10 a.m.

Jurors must reach verdicts on 10 charges:

• Count 1: Capital Murder of Ruthanne Lodato
• Count 2: Using a Firearm in the Murder of Ruthanne Lodato
• Count 3: Malicious Wounding of Janet Franko
• Count 4: Use of a Firearm in the Malicious Wounding of Janet Franko
• Count 5: Capital Murder of Ronald Kirby
• Count 6: Use of a Firearm in the Commission of the Murder of Ron Kirby
• Count 7: First Degree Murder of Nancy Dunning
• Count 8: Use of a Firearm in the Commission of the murder of Nancy Dunning
• Count 9: Possession of a Firearm by a felon on Nov 11, 2013
• Count 10: Possession of a Firearm by a felon on Feb 6, 2014

Franko, a caretaker at the Lodato home, was present when Ruthanne Lodato was shot.

Severance faces life in prison if he is convicted of the most serious charges. He will not face the death penalty.

Jurors on Thursday sent two notes to Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge Randy Bellows, asking for office supplies and asking to see police reports, which was denied, according to a report by the Associated Press.

Fox-5 reports that a Dateline NBC producer has been attending the trial with apparent plans to air a special about the case.