DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — The state attorney for the Seventh Judicial Circuit announced Monday it plans to seek the death penalty for Jean Robert Macean, the man charged with stabbing a Daytona Beach couple to death.

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Police said Macean killed 48-year-old Terry Aultman and 55-year-old Brenda Aultman while they were biking home on March 6 in Daytona Beach.

The married couple of nine years had just bought their dream home in Daytona Beach.

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Police said surveillance video shows Macean following the couple as they walked their bikes back home. Moments later, police said Macean appears back on video with a stain on his pants.

In a news release, the state attorney called the crime “especially heinous, atrocious or cruel” and it “was a homicide and was committed in a cold, calculated and premeditated manner without any pretense of moral or legal justification.”

See the full release below:

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Daytona Beach Police Chief Jakari Young previously said Macean confessed to the murders while speaking with investigators on Thursday night.

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Video: Man accused of double murder in Daytona Beach held on no bond A man accused of murdering two people in Daytona Beach made a court appearance in Volusia County on Tuesday afternoon. (Mike Springer, WFTV.com)

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