Kathy E <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: In a deal that will save him from a potential death sentence, a member of a ``vampire cult'' agreed to plead guilty to his role in the slayings of another cult member's parents. The deal struck with prosecutors Monday ensures that Howard Scott Anderson will not follow cult leader Rod Ferrell to the electric chair for the 1996 killings. Anderson, 17, agreed to admit to being a principal in the slayings of Richard Wendorf and Naoma Queen. He was to be sentenced today to two life sentences. Ferrell, 17, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to death in February. His attorneys have filed a motion to reduce his sentence. Prosecutors say Anderson watched as Ferrell pummeled the victims with a crowbar in their Eustis home, 30 miles northwest of Orlando. The teen-agers intended to rob the couple but ``Rod went crazy,'' Anderson told investigators. Ferrell was in Florida to help the victims' daughter, Heather Wendorf, run away. Lawyers for cult members Charity Lynn Keesee, 17, and Dana Cooper, 20, refused to accept a plea that would send their clients to prison for 40 years. Both are charged with being principals to murder. According to investigators, members of the cult took drugs, engaged in group sex and drank one another's blood. -- Kathy E "I can only please one person a day, today is NOT your day, and tomorrow isn't looking too good for you either" http://members.delphi.com/kathylaw/ Law & Issues Mailing List http://pw1.netcom.com/~kathye/rodeo.html - Cowboy Histories http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Lobby/2990/law.htm Crime photo's Subscribe/Unsubscribe, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the body of the message enter: subscribe/unsubscribe law-issues
