Man who killed 3 because they ‘wouldn’t leave’ pleads guilty

Published October 13, 2022 11:21 AM

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri man who said he killed his wife and in-laws because they “wouldn’t leave” entered a guilty plea Thursday in the case. Fifty-year-old Jesse Huy admitted to three counts of first-degree murder and three counts of armed criminal action in the deaths of 48-year-old Tonya Huy and her parents, 71-year-old Ronald Koehler and 78-year-old Linda Koehler of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Investigators say Huy called authorities in March 2021 to report he killed three family members inside his home near the small town of Strafford in southwestern Missouri. Tonya Huy’s parents were visiting to help their daughter after her recent back surgery.

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