A southern Kansas judge has denied a man’s push to withdraw his guilty plea for his alleged role in the 2014 killings of an elderly couple in Wichita.
Sedgwick County District Judge Bruce Brown last week rejected 19-year-old Carlos Delacadena-Edwards’ claims that he was coerced into accepting a plea deal in May to lesser murder counts, the Wichita Eagle reported. Brown made the ruling after a three-hour hearing.