It was one of Texas' longest unsolved murder cases.
On Sept. 23, 1983, five people were abducted from a Kentucky Fried Chicken during a holdup in Kilgore. Their bodies were found the next day along an oilfield road in Rusk County, about 15 miles from the restaurant. Four of them were restaurant employees, the fifth one of their friends.
On Monday, Romeo Pinkerton, 49, right, pleaded guilty to the five deaths as a part of a plea deal that will save his life, but for which he will have to serve five life sentences. The victims' families approved the deal.
Pinkerton and his cousin, Darnell Hartsfield, were accused in the killings. Hartsfield is expected to stand trial next year.
-- Lance Murray
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