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==Known murders==
The first murders for which Edwards was convicted took place in Ohio in 1977. William ″Billy″ Lavaco, 21, of Doylestown, Ohio, and his girlfriend Judith Straub, 18, of Sterling, Ohio, had been dating eight months when Straub's car was found in the parking lot of Silver Creek Metro Park on
The second pair of murders, another double homicide, occurred in [[Concord, Wisconsin]], in 1980 when Tim Hack and Kelly Drew were stabbed and strangled. These were referred to as the "Sweetheart Murders." Edwards had been questioned at the time, but there was no basis to hold him. Almost 29 years later, his connection to the crime was established by means of [[DNA testing]].<ref name= "abcnews.go.com" /><ref>{{cite web | last = English | first = Lindsay | title = Louisville man arrested in Wisconsin cold case double murder | publisher = [[WAVE (TV)|WAVE]] | date = 31 July 2009 | url = http://www.wave3.com/global/story.asp?s=10829261 | access-date = 22 January 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160129214432/http://www.wave3.com/global/story.asp?s=10829261 | archive-date = January 29, 2016 | url-status = dead }}</ref> Edwards' own child, April Balascio, tipped off police about his possible involvement.<ref name= "madison.com" /><ref name= "dailyunion.com">{{cite news | last = Whisner | first = Ryan | title = UPDATE: Hack-Drew murderer dead of natural causes | work = Daily Union |location = [[Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin]] | date = 8 April 2011 | url = http://www.dailyunion.com/news/article_431edbec-54eb-55ff-aa08-978c298a5b51.html | access-date = 22 January 2016}}</ref>
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