Ailing Kentucky man, 76, pleads guilty to killing 2 in Wisconsin, 2 in Ohio decades ago

Ky. man pleads guilty to killing 4 in Wis., Ohio

JEFFERSON, Wis. — An ailing Kentucky man has pleaded guilty to killing a teenage couple in Wisconsin nearly 30 years ago and agreed to plead guilty to two Ohio slayings.

Edward W. Edwards unexpectedly entered his guilty plea Wednesday at a hearing that was supposed to be about what jail he would be housed in while awaiting trial.

The 76-year-old Edwards pleaded guilty to killing 19-year-old sweethearts Tim Hack and Kelly Drew in 1980. He will be sentenced at a later date to mandatory life prison terms for each count.

Edwards also agreed to be transported to Summit County, Ohio, to plead guilty to killing 21-year-old Bill Lavaco and 18-year-old Judith Straub in 1977. He agreed to serve his prison sentence in Ohio.