Aging Ky. con man admits murdering 4 in Wis., Ohio

By SCOTT BAUER and TODD RICHMOND Associated Press Writers

JEFFERSON, Wis. (AP) - A young Edward Edwards once told a nun he wanted to be crook. After a stint on the FBI's Most Wanted List and time in prison, he said he wanted to be reformed.

Now he says he became a murderer instead.

The ailing 76-year-old former con man admitted from his wheelchair Wednesday to killing a young Wisconsin couple in 1980. Edwards also agreed to plead guilty Friday to fatally shooting a young Ohio couple in 1977.

All four slayings came years after Edwards claimed to have turned his life around and started talking to others about avoiding a life of crime.

Ohio prosecutors plan to seek to consecutive life sentences. He faces two mandatory life sentences in Wisconsin.