CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (CLARKSVILLENOW) Justice was handed down swiftly when a Montgomery County jury found Quentin Bird guilty as charged of two counts of first-degree premeditated murder.

They deliberated about an hour, before reaching a unanimous verdict.

Bird, 25, stood trial for three days on accusations that he stabbed his pregnant ex-girlfriend Allison Tenbarge at least 15 or more times on April 18, 2017, killing the 20-year-old woman and their unborn child, Parker.

Bird is facing a life without parole sentence.

He showed no emotion and kept his head low as the verdict was read.

He looked back at his weeping mother briefly as he was led from the courtroom.

Quentin Bird looks at his parents after he is found guilty as charged of the stabbing murder of his pregnant girlfriend and their unborn child.

Paternity

At trial, witnesses testified that Bird accused Tenbarge of cheating and questioned if the child she was pregnant with was his.

A DNA analyst testified that Bird was 99.9 percent the father of Allison’s child.

Bird waived his right to testify and his defense attorneys, Reid Poland and James Phillips did not put on any witnesses Wednesday morning.

James Phillips gives the jury reasons to question the state’s case during closing arguments.

In Closing

Robert Nash, assistant district attorney, spoke to the jury twice, going through evidence and testimony that proved a guilty verdict.

“The why? There’s been only one why given. The week before that she left him. Period.” Nash said, showing an autopsy photo of Tenbarge with multiple stab wounds “That’s not love. (That) is obsession that turned to hate. This is a classic case of if I can’t have you, no one will.”

Nash said Bird concealing the murder by deceiving her friend through text messages, his suicidal ideation and fleeing to Kentucky were all inferences of guilt.

“It is so personal of a crime to kill someone with a knife,” Nash said. “To deliver 15 strokes that resulted in 30 wounds, getting on top of her as Allison tried to protect herself and her baby … This is personal. … It was his last chance to get to Allison before she was safe and secure with her parents. This was premeditated. It was intentional. It was brutal. He did nothing to help his child. There was no consideration for either of them. He didn’t want them to live.”

Jami Carlson, the mother of Allison Tenbarge awaited the verdict in the Quentin Bird trial.

Sentencing will be held on Thursday, Feb. 27 at 9 a.m. and the jury will decide if he will serve life with or without a chance of parole.