Hide Article Text (OCR)
Sex murder suspect seeks guilty pleaAssociated PressFORI WORTH — Although he gave no explanationor the killings, a man indicted in four sexual mutilation 'lavings savs he wants to plead guilty to avoid the Jeath penalty, according to a published report.Kicky Lee Green, 28, also said the pleas would enable him to just get it over with, the fort Worth Stnr-Tclc-^rum reported Sunday in a copyright story.Ihe newspaper said a man identifying himself as Green, a prisoner at the Tarrant County Jail since his arrest April 27, made the remarks in a telephone interview.He provided the Stiir-TcUyriun with details of the crimes withheld bv police that could only be known bv someone with personal knowledge of the killings, one law enforcement officer in the case told the newspaper.Hm Green, Rickv Green's younger brother, contacted lt;1 reporter Friday night whom he had met outside a Wise County grand jury session and said his brother was on the other line and wanted to talk via a three-way calling system.Rickv Green was indicted in Tarrant County tin a capital murder charge in the December 1986 death of Steve Fetferman, 28, of Fort Worth and a murder charge in the April 198^ death of Jeffery Davis, 16.Green and his wife, Sharon Green, were indicted in A'ise County on capital murder charges in the 1985 Jeaths of Sandra Bailev, 27, of Fort Worth and Bettv JoJ J *Monroe, 28, of Amarillo.I reallv don't know what happened, Green said in the interview, when asked about a motive for the killings. It all started in April of '85. I have no idea.But he said he wants to plead guilty.My attorneys don't want me to. Why should I pleadnot guiltv? he said, 'i'd have more of a chance for not getting the death penalty.Despite his court-appointed attorneys' objections, Green said he decided to call the Star-Telcgram because one lawyer listened Tuesday to his complaints about jail treatment, but nothing changed by Friday.The defendant said he started a hunger strike Thursday morning to protest what he called squalid jail conditions. He said he won't end the fast until he meets with Sheriff Don Carpenter to discuss his grievances.I ain't got nothing to lose, said Green.Authorities said they believe both women were killed in the Greens' mobile home in Boyd. Mrs. Green, held in Wise County jail, has not been indicted in the Tarrant Countv cases.-Sharon Green went to police April 25 about the slayings and said she was forced to watch w'hile her husband killed the two women, police said.Investigators said Mrs. Green told them her husband was having sex with the women and stabbing them at the same time.She later told officials she took part in the stabbing of the women, but only because she was afraid of what Ricky Green would do to her if she refused, investigators said.Her husband disputes those statements.Sharon said I forced her to kill these women. I didn t force her to do nothing, Green told the newspaper. It was as much her fault as it was mine.Suzie Johnson, Green's defense attorney, said: I think it's obvious to any reasonably minded person that this is just a young man not in his right mind. He doesn't know' what he's doing or what he's saying.
Newspaper Details
Austin Daily Texan
Austin, Texas, US
Mon, Jun 19, 1989
Page 12
Full Page
Clipped by
Anonymous
CA 01 Mar 2020
Other Publications Near Austin, Texas
Austin Daily Texan
Austin Semi Weekly Statesman
Austin Christmas American Statesman
Austin Daily Statesman
Austin American
