ORLANDO, Fla. — A jury that found Markeith Loyd guilty of killing Orlando Police Lt. Debra Clayton has now heard all the testimony it will have to consider when deciding whether Loyd should get life in prison or the death penalty as his punishment.

The state and defense both rested their cases Monday and are expected to give closing arguments Tuesday morning.

On Monday, the jury heard from Loyd’s daughter Kianna, who got emotional as she testified she noticed something unusual about her father during one of their phone conversations while he was in a halfway house. She said Loyd was so afraid police were out to kill him that he asked her to buy him a life-insurance policy.

“He told me, 'when they kill me,' not if they kill me — when they kill me — he said do not pick up my body. Just leave me lie there,” Kianna Loyd said.

Monday was Day 6 of the sentencing phase of the case. The jury must consider whether to recommend that Loyd be sentenced to life in prison or the death penalty.

Multiple psychologists called by the defense have testified that Loyd’s extreme paranoia about police affect how he responds to situations. When police finally caught up with him after a long manhunt in January 2017, it was an Orlando police lieutenant who said he was in fear of his life — and that’s why he kicked Loyd in the head.

“Because I believed in my heart that Mr. Loyd was either going to kill myself or one of the other officers,” Lt. Jonathan Cute with the Orlando Police Department said.

Loyd lost an eye during the arrest. An assistant state attorney who led a Florida Department of Law Enforcement investigation into Loyd’s arrest, Stacey Salmons, testified that Orlando Police’s use of force was justified.

Loyd said he wanted to describe his account of how everything happened again. He testified during the guilt phase of the trial and said at one point on Monday he wanted to testify again in this part of the trial. 

“How many times the prosecution has said in this courtroom how intelligent I am?" Markeith Loyd asked. "Every doctor that got up here on this stand talked about how intelligent I am, and you’re trying to tell me I can’t defend myself? This court is unlawful and prejudiced.”

But when Judge Leticia Marques asked Loyd whether he would testify, Loyd didn’t respond, and the judge waived his right to testify.

Loyd’s daughter Kianna also testified that she was young when her father went to prison but said she will always love and support him. She recalled a moment when her daughter, Loyd’s granddaughter, expressed how much Loyd means to her — even while in prison.

“I parked the car and I asked her what’s wrong, what’s wrong, and she said I just really miss granddaddy, I just miss him so much,” Kianna Loyd said.​

On cross-examination, a state attorney asked Loyd’s daughter if her father’s actions led to him being in prison for a drug conviction in 1998, resulting in him being away from her and his family. She did not agree with that statement.

On Friday, Loyd's mother gave testimony about how she treated her son. She testified to beating Loyd as a child in an attempt by the defense to convince jurors to spare Loyd’s life.

“Extension cords, belts, switches,” said Patricia Loyd on Friday, adding after being asked if that was how she was disciplined when she was growing up. “Yes, that’s the way we were brought up.”

With Loyd already serving life in prison for the murder of his pregnant ex-girlfriend, Sade Dixon, and their unborn child, his defense attorneys are hoping jurors will spare his life and recommend life in prison — not the death penalty — as his sentence.

The jury is expected to get this case to deliberate Loyd’s fate sometime this week.