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Police say inmate who admitted to 6 Pennsylvania killings spoke of others
By MARK SCOLFORO
Edward A. Surratt (Florida Department of Corrections)
HARRISBURG, Pa. - A Florida inmate who admitted he killed six people in Pennsylvania in the 1970s also discussed five to seven other slayings in the state, and police in those areas have been alerted, an investigator said Thursday.
Trooper Max DeLuca obtained those details in March from Edward A. Surratt about cases that are not under the state police s jurisdiction, so he has since contacted those other departments, he said.
Surratt, serving life at a state prison in Raiford, Florida, implicated himself in Pennsylvania slayings that occurred during 1977 and 1978, state police announced Wednesday.
Convicted Killer Confesses to Six Unsolved Murders From 1970s, Police Say
Edward Surratt, whose serving two consecutive life sentences in Florida, is reportedly linked to up to 18 murders in Pennsylvania, Ohio and South Carolina. Edward Surratt Photo: Florida Department of Corrections
A convicted killer serving two life sentences for a string of crimes in Florida has confessed to six unsolved Pennsylvania murders dating back to the 1970s, state police said.
Edward Surratt, who is currently imprisoned in Florida, where he was convicted in 1978 of burglary and sexual battery, is suspected in up to 18 murders, mostly in Pennsylvania and Ohio, reports the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. He s already been convicted of killing a man South Carolina.