Man Confesses to Abducting, Killing 9-Year-Old Florida Girl

Charleston Gazette › March 21, 2005

Linked as:

Summary

HOMOSASSA, Fla. - A registered sex offender admitted Friday that he kidnapped and killed a 9-year-old girl who disappeared from her bedroom more than three weeks ago and told police where they could find her body, authorities said.

John Evander Couey, 46, had been arrested Thursday and named a "person of interest" in Jessica Lunsford's disappearance. He confessed to authorities after taking a lie-detector test, Citrus County Sheriff Jeff Dawsy said.

See the full content of this document

Extract

Man Confesses to Abducting, Killing 9-Year-Old Florida Girl

"At the end of the polygraph, he said, 'You don't have to tell me the results. I know what they are,'" Dawsy said. "He apologized t...

See the full content of this document