A MARION VIRGINIA MAN WILL BE SPENDING THE REST OF HIS LIFE IN PRISON FOR MURDERING A SMYTH COUNTY FAMILY. JOHN RAY GULLION WAS SENTENCED TO FIVE CONSECUTIVE LIFE TERMS WITH NO POSSBILITY OF PAROLE FOR KILLING JOSEPH DAVID EVANS, HIS PREGNANT WIFE VANESSA EVANS, AND THEIR 4-YEAR OLD DAUGHTER, JAYLEIN EVANS IN OCTOBER 2005 NEAR SEVEN MILE FORD WITH A 9 MILLIMETER HANDGUN. GULLION WAS TO GO ON TRIAL FOR THE DEATHS ON FEBRUARY 4TH, BUT INSTEAD HE ENTERED A GUILTY PLEA. 19 AT THE TIME OF THE MURDERS, GULLION HAS ADMITTED TO THE KILLINGS TO POLICE, HIS OWN FAMILY, AND FELLOW INMATES. HOWEVER, HE HAS YET TO REVEAL A MOTIVE FOR THE BRUTAL KILLINGS.