Ky. man charged in Wis. couple slaying arraigned

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LOUISIVLLE, Ky. – A Kentucky man arrested in the slaying of a Wisconsin couple nearly 30 years ago has pleaded not guilty at his first court appearance.

An officer pushed 76-year-old Edward W. Edwards into the hearing Saturday in a wheelchair with an oxygen tank. Edwards also had a cast on his left arm.

Edwards 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 in the countryside a few miles from the reception hall.

Wisconsin investigators armed with a DNA match arrested Edwards on Thursday. He faces two counts of first-degree murder and life in prison if convicted.

Edwards is being held in Louisville on $500,000 bail. His next hearing is Monday.


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Ky. man to return to Wis. to face slaying charges

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

Edward W. Edwards said "I'll go," when Jefferson County District Judge David Armstrong Jr. asked Monday if he wanted to fight extradition.

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

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

Wisconsin investigators arrested Edwards in Louisville on Thursday. He is charged with two counts of first-degree murder.


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