Guilty but mentally ill plea in murders of mother, sister
June 9, 2021
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ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) A man has pleaded guilty but mentally ill in the slayings of his mother and sister outside an eastern Pennsylvania apartment building more than 2 1/2 years ago.
Prosecutors said 37-year-old Zakiiy Carson entered the plea Tuesday in Lehigh County court to two counts of third-degree murder as part of a plea deal calling for a sentence of 25 to 50 years in prison.
Authorities said Carson told investigators that he stopped taking psychiatric medicine weeks before arguing with his mother, 52-year-old Latricia Ezell, in October 2018, and the argument got worse after his 29-year-old sister, Ashley Campfield, arrived to pick up her 3-year-old son.
Thursday, April 8, 2021
Ted Landis passed peacefully from this life to the next surrounded by family at his home in Pearcy, Ark., at the age of 76 years on Feb. 27, 2021. He was born in Choteau, Okla., March 4, 1944, to Claude Otis and Mavis June (Sanders) Landis; the fourth of seven children.
Ted attended school in Bronaugh, Mo., and graduated high school from Northeast High in Kansas City, Mo. He completed Radiography Training at St. Josephs Mercy in Kansas City.
Ted was retired, having worked in imaging at hospitals in Nevada, Mo., and Fredonia, Kan. He retired from St. Josephs Mercy Hospital in Hot Springs, Ark., in 2003, having spent more than 30 years employed by the Mercy Health Care System.