Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Kenova Man Pleads Guilty To Ky. Murders
WEST VIRGINIA....
To avoid a six weeks triple murder trial that would have begun in Johnson County next week, Robert Drown of Kenova has pleaded guilty to murder charges and other counts of first degree rape, first degree arson and first degree burglary. The plea was made Tuesday morning during a hearing in Carter County Circuit Court. Drown was charged for the deaths of 31 year old Jennifer Ison, a former nurse at Cabell Huntington Hospital, and her two young daughters, 10-year-old Shannah and 3-year-old Marissa. Prosecutors say Drown strangled Jennifer Ison to death, while Shannah died of blunt force trauma and Marissa died in the fire Drown set. Their bodies were found in a burned-out mobile home in Carter County in May 2007. The plea bargain removes consideration for the Kentucky death penalty. He is scheduled to be sentenced to life in prison without parole at a hearing in Carter County on May 4th.
To avoid a six weeks triple murder trial that would have begun in Johnson County next week, Robert Drown of Kenova has pleaded guilty to murder charges and other counts of first degree rape, first degree arson and first degree burglary. The plea was made Tuesday morning during a hearing in Carter County Circuit Court. Drown was charged for the deaths of 31 year old Jennifer Ison, a former nurse at Cabell Huntington Hospital, and her two young daughters, 10-year-old Shannah and 3-year-old Marissa. Prosecutors say Drown strangled Jennifer Ison to death, while Shannah died of blunt force trauma and Marissa died in the fire Drown set. Their bodies were found in a burned-out mobile home in Carter County in May 2007. The plea bargain removes consideration for the Kentucky death penalty. He is scheduled to be sentenced to life in prison without parole at a hearing in Carter County on May 4th.
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