Roanoke Times Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc. DATE: FRIDAY, July 6, 1990 TAG: 9007060704 SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: B-3 EDITION: EVENING SOURCE: DATELINE: BEDFORD LENGTH: Short
A jury last month found Soering, 23, guilty of two counts of first-degree murder for killing his girlfriend's parents and recommended the West German diplomat's son serve two life terms in prison.
Derek and Nancy Haysom were stabbed and slashed to death in their Bedford County home in March 1985. Their daughter, Elizabeth Haysom, is serving a 90-year sentence for plotting the slayings.
Sweeney had delayed formal sentencing so a background report could be done on Soering.
by CNB