Authorities: Suspect Confessed to 8 Murders; Man Told by Judge in 1st Court Appearance to Consult an Attorney
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque) › January 28, 2005
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PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - Prosecutors say a former concrete worker who confessed in court Thursday to killing a woman also told detectives he had killed seven others, dumping some along rural roads and burning the others to ash in a pit in his mother's back yard.
Larry Bright, 38, tried to plead guilty to the one slaying with which he had been charged during his first court appearance Thursday, but Peoria County Judge Albert Purham rejected it and told him to consult an attorney.See the full content of this document
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Authorities: Suspect Confessed to 8 Murders; Man Told by Judge in 1st Court Appearance to Consult an Attorney
Purham warned Bright his words could be used against him, appointed the public defender's office to represent him and denied bond.
Peoria County State's Attorney Kevin Lyons also spoke in court, te...See the full content of this document
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