Judge officially sentences Gary man to death A Lake County jury last month recommended the death penalty for Isom after finding him guilty in the August 2007 shooting deaths of his wife, Cassandra, and stepchildren, 16-year-old Michael Moore and 13-year-old Ci'Andria Cole. Police said 40-year-old Cassandra Isom was shot in the head and her two children suffered gunshot wounds to their bodies.