Judge to consider motions in Wis. double slaying

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Jefferson County judge is set to consider whether to move a trial for a former drifter accused of killing two teenage sweethearts nearly 30 years ago.

Seventy-six-year-old Edward W. Edwards faces two counts of first-degree murder in the 1980 deaths of Tim Hack and Kelly Drew, both 19. Earlier this month investigators said Edwards has confessed to killing another young couple in Ohio in 1977. Edwards' attorney, Jeff De La Rosa, says the alleged confession has stirred up so much publicity Edwards can't get a fair trial in Jefferson County. He has asked Judge William F. Hue to either move the trial out of the county or select jurors from outside the county.

He also has asked Hue to separate the charges into two separate cases, saying two charges combined could influence jurors to find him guilty.

Hue is expected to take up both requests Monday morning.

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