Aging Ky. con man, who confessed to killing Ohio, Wis. couples, to be sentenced in Wisconsin
By APMonday, June 21, 2010
Ky. man to be sentenced for 2 Wis. killings in ‘80
JEFFERSON, Wis. — Aging con man Edward W. Edwards of Kentucky is scheduled to be sentenced in Wisconsin after pleading guilty to killing a pair of 19-year-old sweethearts 30 years ago.
The 77-year-old Edwards faces mandatory life sentences Monday but the judge is allowed to consider a parole date.
Before Edwards can serve his Wisconsin sentence he must first serve a sentence in Ohio. He also pleaded guilty to killing an Ohio couple near Akron in 1977. He was sentenced to two life terms there and won’t be eligible for parole consideration until he is 97.
Edwards recently told The Associated Press he killed a fifth person in 1996, a 24-year-old man he considered a foster son. Edwards says he confessed because he wants to be executed. Ohio has a death penalty, but Wisconsin doesn’t.
