BOSTON -- NewsCenter 5's Amalia Barreda blogs from the kidnapping trial of Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter, also known as Clark Rockefeller, which is taking place in Boston's Suffolk Superior Court.

1:34 p.m.

I happened to be sitting in the courtroom when the jury light flashed at 11:20. All of us who had been sitting and waiting for 5 days went from zero to 100 in no time flat, a sudden explosion of cellphone activity by all of us informing our news desks that the light had flashed.

Curiously, I saw no court officers who are usually around in times like these. I went back in the courtroom and saw defense attorney Jeffrey Denner and I could tell by the look on his face that it was a verdict, which he verbally confirmed.

So, as previously instructed, I ran down to one of our live trucks to prepare to go live with Susan Wornick in the minutes prior to and through the delivery of the verdict.

These things are always the same with us. Lots of adrenalin, all of us chomping at the bit to finally find out what the jury has decided, and quickly processing it to figure out what we should say about it within the context of the case in its entirety.

Now that it is over and things have quieted down in the minutes before the sentencing at 2 p.m., I went into the courtroom and saw defense attorney Jeffrey Denner sitting alone at the defense table. The only other person in the courtroom was Denise Lavoie, a wonderful reporter for AP and a veteran of many trials.

Denner admits disappointement. He has much invested in this trial in long hours and hard work, and he tried it very well. But he admits that he began to believe, as the jury deliberations dragged on that he had a chance, if not for insanity, then possibly a hung jury, which would have been considered somewhat of a win.

All the drama that unfolded in the courtroom in the past hour is over and it is very quiet as Denner prepares for Act 2, the sentencing.

Tomorrow, next case.

11:30 a.m.

The Jury light went on. The Defense team believes a verdict has been reached.

11:11 a.m.

The jury resumed deliberations nearly 1 1/2 hours ago. Coffee was delivered to them about 45 minutes ago.

Everyone who is waiting for this is scattered all over the courthouse and outside. People are constantly asking if there's a verdict yet. Obviously, there is public interest in this case.

There is a small white box at one corner of one of the desks where a court officer sits when court is in session. It is a light, and when it is illuminated, that means the jury has flipped the switch from the jury room indicating they want to communicate to the court. It could be a question, it could be a verdict. That light is probably the most stared at object in this building.

The light is something that reminds me of the OJ trial in Los Angeles which I covered. The original estimate was that it would last 2 months but it lasted 9 months. When the jury went out to deliberate their instructions were to knock on the door of the jury room twice for a question, 3 times signaling a verdict. (Or perhaps it was the reverse). At any rate, it wasn't high technology.Just as we were settling in, a little over an hour into the deliberations, came the knock signaling the jury had a verdict.

We wish the light here would light up because we are all ready for some action.

9:29 a.m.

I just saw the jury. They looked better than last night. Not so tired. A couple of them didn't look so serious either. They have retired to the jury room to begin their 5th day of deliberations.

The last time we heard from them was day before yesterday, June 10th at 10:30am, when they asked that the law on insanity be clarified for them. I guess it's reasonable to assume that they are struggling to agree on insanity. Of course, we just don't know for sure.

The publisher of Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly was live on Newscenter 5 at 6 last night and said it's very possible the jury is overthinking everything, especially since a law professor is sitting as foreperson and 2/3 of the panel is college aged.

Everyone is hoping members of the jury will agree to talk afterwards so we can finally know what they spent all this time on. We are all dying to know what the dynamic was in the room between the professor and the college kids.

Meanwhile, both defense attorneys expressed fatigue this morning. No doubt having to wait for hours and hours and hours is contributing to it. They certainly look good, though! Both attired in navy blue suits. Jeffrey Denner says it's his lucky suit, although he doesn't know if it will bring him bad luck or good luck.

The music has been turned way down. The mood in the media room is settling into boredom.

8:42 a.m.

One of the first comments I heard this morning was a guy from Dateline saying, "I'm going to have someone stab me in the eye if this thing doesn't end today."

I think he's going to have to wait in line for such services.

In the media room this morning -- music courtesy of the Dateline crew. The artists are the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band. They are a bit of a cross between Mr. Rogers and the Chipmunks. It's coming from Pandora.com, which, I am told plays all kinds of obscure music from the UK.

Let's see what the jury looks like today. We'll see them at 9 o'clock.