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Hearing for suspect in 1980 killings of Wis. pair

By ASSOCIATED PRESS Thursday, August 27, 2009 - 4:30 a.m.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Kentucky man accused of killing two Wisconsin sweethearts in 1980 is due in court for a preliminary hearing.

Edward Wayne Edwards is charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of 19-year-old Tim Hack and Kelly Drew, who disappeared from a wedding reception in August 1980.

Investigators say they matched DNA from Drew's pants to Edwards earlier this year.

At Thursday's preliminary hearing, a judge will decide whether there's enough evidence to continue to trial. The 76-year-old Louisville man would get life in prison if convicted.

Edwards spent several years running scams, stealing cars and robbing banks. But he claimed to have turned his life around after leaving federal prison in Pennsylvania in 1967.

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browntown96
Aug 27, 2009 at 11:29 a.m.
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so now the article is back, but without any of the comments that were there. what gives? why not just disable the comments.

browntown96
Aug 27, 2009 at 10:57 a.m.
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wow-they removed the article that was just posted about this guy saying he watched other men stomp her to death. Why put in an article to just remove it? Thats like saying it was a mistake to put it in the first time.

janesvillean
Aug 27, 2009 at 9:59 a.m.
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The motive would appear to have been rape.

ljs64
Aug 27, 2009 at 7:19 a.m.
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WHY? Does it really matter as to WHY?

weatherfreaks19
Aug 27, 2009 at 6:50 a.m.
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The BIG question if he killed this young couple is WHY???

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