Attorneys for a drifter accused of killing two teenage sweethearts nearly 30 years say they need more time to prepare for trial.
Edward W. Edwards, 76, faces two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of Tim Hack and Kelly Drew, who disappeared from a wedding reception in Sullivan, Wis., in 1980. Their bodies were found in the woods weeks later.
Investigators arrested Edwards in July after they matched DNA found on Drew to him. His trial is set to begin June 14.
His attorney has filed a motion seeking to delay the trial indefinitely, saying he needs more time to review hundreds of pages of evidence, consult with experts and draft more motions.
Hack and Drew, both 19, disappeared from a wedding reception in Sullivan, about 40 miles west of Milwaukee, in August 1980.
Searchers found their bodies in the woods that October. Hack had been stabbed, while Drew had been tied up and strangled.
The case went cold for 29 years. Then, last July, investigators announced that they had matched DNA from semen on Drew's pants to Edwards. Detectives arrested Edwards in a Louisville, Ky., trailer park that month.
Investigators said Edwards told them after his arrest in July that he had sex with Drew, but a group of other men stomped the couple to death as he watched.
