South Bend man admits killing four
SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- A man accused of killing four other homeless men and placing their bodies in manholes in a dispute over scrap metal pleaded guilty yesterday to four counts of murder.
Daniel J. Sharp entered the plea as part of an agreement with prosecutors that will have him serve his sentences concurrently instead of consecutively.
Sharp, 55, faces 45 to 65 years when he is sentenced Sept. 4.
Sharp pleaded guilty to killing Michael S. Nolen Jr., Michael W. Lawson, Brian Talboom and Jason Coates between Dec. 18 and Dec. 21 and dumping their bodies in manholes near downtown South Bend.
Autopsies showed that the four men died of blunt-force trauma to the head. Sharp said he hit two of the men with "blunt objects" and helped another man kill the two others.
Probable-cause affidavits said Sharp and another man were upset that the victims, who shared a vacant building they lived in, had stolen scrap metal that they planned to sell. The pair also were upset that the four had "messed up" the area where they slept.
Randy Lee Reeder, 51, of South Bend, also is charged with four counts of murder in the deaths. According to the plea agreement, Sharp agreed to testify against Reeder, whose trial is scheduled for July 12
SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- A man accused of killing four other homeless men and placing their bodies in manholes in a dispute over scrap metal pleaded guilty yesterday to four counts of murder.
Daniel J. Sharp entered the plea as part of an agreement with prosecutors that will have him serve his sentences concurrently instead of consecutively.
Sharp, 55, faces 45 to 65 years when he is sentenced Sept. 4.
Sharp pleaded guilty to killing Michael S. Nolen Jr., Michael W. Lawson, Brian Talboom and Jason Coates between Dec. 18 and Dec. 21 and dumping their bodies in manholes near downtown South Bend.
Autopsies showed that the four men died of blunt-force trauma to the head. Sharp said he hit two of the men with "blunt objects" and helped another man kill the two others.
Probable-cause affidavits said Sharp and another man were upset that the victims, who shared a vacant building they lived in, had stolen scrap metal that they planned to sell. The pair also were upset that the four had "messed up" the area where they slept.
Randy Lee Reeder, 51, of South Bend, also is charged with four counts of murder in the deaths. According to the plea agreement, Sharp agreed to testify against Reeder, whose trial is scheduled for July 12
South Bend man admits killing four
SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- A man accused of killing four other homeless men and placing their bodies in manholes in a dispute over scrap metal pleaded guilty yesterday to four counts of murder.
Daniel J. Sharp entered the plea as part of an agreement with prosecutors that will have him serve his sentences concurrently instead of consecutively.
Sharp, 55, faces 45 to 65 years when he is sentenced Sept. 4.
Sharp pleaded guilty to killing Michael S. Nolen Jr., Michael W. Lawson, Brian Talboom and Jason Coates between Dec. 18 and Dec. 21 and dumping their bodies in manholes near downtown South Bend.
Autopsies showed that the four men died of blunt-force trauma to the head. Sharp said he hit two of the men with "blunt objects" and helped another man kill the two others.
Probable-cause affidavits said Sharp and another man were upset that the victims, who shared a vacant building they lived in, had stolen scrap metal that they planned to sell. The pair also were upset that the four had "messed up" the area where they slept.
Randy Lee Reeder, 51, of South Bend, also is charged with four counts of murder in the deaths. According to the plea agreement, Sharp agreed to testify against Reeder, whose trial is scheduled for July 12
SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- A man accused of killing four other homeless men and placing their bodies in manholes in a dispute over scrap metal pleaded guilty yesterday to four counts of murder.
Daniel J. Sharp entered the plea as part of an agreement with prosecutors that will have him serve his sentences concurrently instead of consecutively.
Sharp, 55, faces 45 to 65 years when he is sentenced Sept. 4.
Sharp pleaded guilty to killing Michael S. Nolen Jr., Michael W. Lawson, Brian Talboom and Jason Coates between Dec. 18 and Dec. 21 and dumping their bodies in manholes near downtown South Bend.
Autopsies showed that the four men died of blunt-force trauma to the head. Sharp said he hit two of the men with "blunt objects" and helped another man kill the two others.
Probable-cause affidavits said Sharp and another man were upset that the victims, who shared a vacant building they lived in, had stolen scrap metal that they planned to sell. The pair also were upset that the four had "messed up" the area where they slept.
Randy Lee Reeder, 51, of South Bend, also is charged with four counts of murder in the deaths. According to the plea agreement, Sharp agreed to testify against Reeder, whose trial is scheduled for July 12
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