BECKLEY, W.Va. (WVVA) - The jury has reached a verdict in the Natalie Cochran Trial.

The jury left the courtroom at 9:34 a.m. to decide whether or not they convict Natalie Cochran of first degree murder, and at around 11:30 a.m., the verdict was read aloud.

After 9 days in court, the jury found Natalie Cochran guilty of first-degree murder.

Natalie Cochran was charged with first-degree murder after the death of her husband, Michael Cochran in 2019. Prosecutors alleged that she poisoned him with insulin in fear of him finding out about a Ponzi scheme she’s currently serving 11 years in prison for.

“She’s guilty. We knew that all along but until 12 good citizens of Raleigh County determine that you don’t know the outcome,” said Tom Truman, Raleigh County Prosecuting Attorney.

Truman gave a lot of credit to investigators in this case. He says the mountain of circumstantial evidence gathered against Natalie Cochran ultimately proved to be the state’s smoking gun.

On the other side, Natalie’s lawyers were shocked when the verdict came down.

“The state was unable to say what, how and why but you know the jury spoke,” said Matthew Victor.

“And also when, they actually could not say when,” added Stanley Selden.

“We have the sentencing phase. We’ll expand upon that at the end of the mercy phase,” said Victor.

The family of both Natalie and Michael Cochran became emotional for different reasons after the verdict was read. Donna and Ed Bolt, Michael’s mother and stepfather shared a brief statement after the verdict was announced.

“We would just like to say thank you everybody for your prayers. It’s been a long time coming. February 11 of 2025 will be six years that Michael Brandon has been murdered,” said Donna. “This has been a very long, hard battle. We just thank everybody and God’s plan has been fulfilled today. Justice is done for Michael Brandon.”

“We just want to say, we remain strong in our faith and that Natalie Cochran was held accountable and justice has been served for Michael,” said Ed.

On Thursday, the court will meet to decide whether or not Natalie Cochran will be eligible for parole after a period of time or if she will spend the rest of her life in prison without the chance for parole.