OKEMAH (AP) A man accused of killing two girls along a rural Oklahoma road, but who wasnt arrested until after being questioned in his fiancees death three years later, has pleaded guilty in both cases.
Kevin Sweat pleaded guilty Thursday to three counts of first-degree murder. Hed been scheduled to go on trial Monday.
The mysterious deaths of 11-year-old Skyla Whitaker and 13-year-old Taylor Paschal-Placker went cold shortly after their bodies were found in 2008. The girls were fatally shot as they walked down a road near Weleetka.
Sweat wasnt arrested in the case after being questioned in the 2011 death of his fiancie, Ashley Taylor.
Prosecutors had sought the death penalty against Sweat but dropped plans after he agreed to waive his right to a jury trial.
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Finally gave up the goods.
Kevin Sweat pleaded guilty Thursday to three counts of first-degree murder. Hed been scheduled to go on trial Monday.
The mysterious deaths of 11-year-old Skyla Whitaker and 13-year-old Taylor Paschal-Placker went cold shortly after their bodies were found in 2008. The girls were fatally shot as they walked down a road near Weleetka.
Sweat wasnt arrested in the case after being questioned in the 2011 death of his fiancie, Ashley Taylor.
Prosecutors had sought the death penalty against Sweat but dropped plans after he agreed to waive his right to a jury trial.
http://newsok.com/oklahoma-man-pleads-guilty-to-killing-two-weleetka-girls-in-2008/article/5115448
Finally gave up the goods.
