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Kentucky man agrees to return to Wisconsin in slayings case

By ASSOCIATED PRESS Monday, August 3, 2009 - 9:58 a.m.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky man has agreed to return to Wisconsin to face charges he killed a couple nearly 30 years ago, then dumped their bodies in the countryside.

Edward Edwards said “I’ll go,” when Jefferson County District Judge David Armstrong Jr. asked on Monday if he wanted to fight extradition.

The 76-year-old Edwards, who appeared in court in a wheelchair with a cast on his left arm, is accused of killing 19-year-old high school sweethearts Tim Hack and Kelly Drew. The couple disappeared from a wedding reception Aug. 9, 1980.

Two months later, searchers found their bodies a few miles from the reception hall.

Wisconsin investigators armed with a DNA match arrested Edwards on Thursday in Louisville. He faces two counts of first-degree murder.

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ProudFighter11
Aug 3, 2009 at 6:24 p.m.
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I bet he committed other murders since the ones mentioned here.

janesvillean
Aug 3, 2009 at 10:52 a.m.
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casey, read his criminal history at the WSJ:
http://www.madison.com/wsj/home/local/46...
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He was once on the FBI Ten Most Wanted list.

casey
Aug 3, 2009 at 10:41 a.m.
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We may never know but these may not be the only violent crimes he has committed in his life.

mysonsmom
Aug 3, 2009 at 10:26 a.m.
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As a person that has known both families my entire life - I have mixed emotions. They will be forced to relive their pain and grief all over again in an effort to bring closure. But, if this is truly the individual responsible for their deaths, he should be brought to justice, regardless of his health.

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