-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A jury in Canton , Ohio , found former police officer Bobby Cutts Jr. guilty of murdering his pregnant girlfriend , Jessie Marie Davis , and their unborn child . Grasping tissues and moaning , Bobby Cutts Jr. testitfied he never meant to hurt girlfriend Jessie Davis . The jury of six men and six women reached the verdict after more than 21 hours of deliberations . Jurors found Cutts guilty of aggravated murder for the unlawful termination of Davis ' pregnancy and the aggravated murder of a child under the age of 13 . But the jury found him guilty of a lesser murder count in the death of Davis . Davis was nine months pregnant when she disappeared . She had chosen the name Chloe for her daughter . Jurors found that baby Chloe was killed during the commission of another crime , making Cutts eligible for the death penalty . The penalty phase of the trial is set to begin February 25 . Cutts will face a sentence of either 25 years to life with the possibility of parole , 30 years to life with the possibility of parole , life without parole or death . As the verdicts were read , Cutts remained stoic , a stark contrast to his tearful testimony on Monday . Watch the verdicts Â '' His and Davis ' families left the courthouse without comment . Jurors began deliberations late Tuesday afternoon . They had been sequestered , spending nights at a nearby hotel , cut off from exposure to the media and other potential influences . According to testimony , Cutts , 30 , rolled Davis ' body in a comforter and dumped it in a park , leaving their 2Â 1/2 - year-old son , Blake , alone . Cutts also was found guilty of aggravated burglary , two counts of gross abuse of a corpse and endangering a child , Blake . Cutts sobbed on the witness stand as he admitted killing Davis and their unborn child . But Cutts insisted that their deaths were an accident . `` I did n't mean to hurt her , '' Cutts testified , clasping a handful of tissues . `` This is n't real , '' he said he kept telling himself . Prosecutors discounted Cutts ' story , claiming he buckled under the financial pressure of child support , killed the mother of his child and then created a cover story to try to get away with it . On the stand , Cutts said he went to pick up his son Blake and became agitated when Davis , 26 , was n't moving fast enough to get the boy ready . He said he tried to leave her house but she grabbed him to keep him from leaving , and he accidentally elbowed her in the throat . Cutts told the jury he performed CPR on Davis and then tried to revive her with bleach . When he realized Davis was dead , Cutts said he panicked and put her in the back of his truck , so Blake would n't have to see his mother . Myisha Ferrell , Cutts ' longtime friend , testified for the prosecution that Cutts appeared at her home at 6 a.m. after Davis died . She said she could tell he was distraught . When they left her home in his truck , she found out why . `` We drove off and he said something was wrong , '' she said . `` He said , ` Something bad . ' '' `` He said something was wrong with his baby 's mother . '' Ferrell told the jury Cutts started speaking erratically as they drove , then blurted out , `` She 's in the back . '' Ferrell admitted she helped dump Davis ' body in a field and said Cutts later coached her on what to say to police . Ferrell was sentenced to two years in prison after pleading guilty to lying to authorities and complicity to gross abuse of a corpse . During closing arguments , prosecutor Dennis Barr said Cutts strangled and killed Davis and her unborn child because of his mounting debt and child support for what would have been his fourth child . Cutts ' own actions following Davis ' disappearance were a clear indications of his guilt , he said . `` His reaction is the reaction of person who committed a crime and is trying to cover it up , '' Barr said . Davis disappeared in June and the search for her attracted national attention . At that time , Cutts repeatedly denied he had any involvement . But Cutts eventually led police to her body . `` For nine days he kept the location of -LSB- Davis ' body -RSB- a secret and went on about his life , every day knowing that Jessie and Chloe were laying there rotting away , destroying the evidence , '' Barr said . Prosecutors also reminded the jury of the testimony of one of Cutts ' friends , Richard Mitchell , who claimed the former police officer threatened to kill Davis one month before she disappeared . `` I 'm going to kill that -LSB- expletive -RSB- and throw her in the woods , '' Mitchell quoted Cutts as saying . In their closings , Cutts ' attorneys acknowledged their client 's poor judgment after Davis ' death , but said the prosecution had not presented any witnesses to support their claim that Cutts was in financial distress . They urged the jury to find Cutts not guilty on the basis that the prosecution did not prove their case that he intentionally killed Davis . Fernando Mack , a defense lawyer , admitted Cutts ' judgment lapsed when he wrapped Davis ' body up and went to dispose of it , leaving their toddler alone with the bleach-soaked rug . But he cautioned jurors against deciding Cutts ' fate based on an emotional response to ugly facts . `` Will it outrage you ? Absolutely . But , Blake being left home alone does n't tell you about aggravated murder . '' `` You do n't know what happened in that house , '' defense attorney Carolyn Ranke said . E-mail to a friend