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| Inmate suspect pleads guilt in death |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 06/09/2005 |
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One of two men who escaped from a Kentucky jail and went on a deadly multi-state crime spree agreed to plead guilty in the death of a college student, his attorney said Wednesday. In exchange for Chadrick Fulks' plea to a charge of carjacking resulting in death, federal prosecutors will seek a life sentence instead of the death penalty in the disappearance of Samantha Burns three years ago, public defender Lou Newberger said. Fulks already has been sentenced to death in a similar case in South Carolina and will be moved to death row at a federal prison in Terre Haute, Ind., after he enters his plea in the West Virginia case on June 30, Newberger said. Federal prosecutors say Fulks and Branden Basham escaped from a Kentucky jail and eluded authorities during a multi-state crime spree that also led to the death of Alice Donovan, 44, of Galivants Ferry, S.C., who was kidnapped in Conway, S.C., on Nov. 14, 2002. Burns, 19, of West Hamlin has been missing since Nov. 11, 2002. The Marshall University student's burned-out car was found on a rural road in Wayne County about six hours after she called her mother for the last time. Fulks is a native of West Hamlin. Neither woman's body has been found, although both men have told police the women are dead. Both were convicted and sentenced to death last year in separate federal trials in South Carolina in the death of Donovan. No plea agreement has been reached with Basham, U.S. Attorney Kasey Warner said Wednesday. He faces trial beginning Aug. 2. His attorney, Gary Collias, did not immediately return a call seeking comment. |
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