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Suspect enters plea in shooting death Kansas couple

courtWICHITA, Kan. (AP) — One of two men charged with the shooting deaths of a Wichita couple pleaded not guilty to capital murder and other crimes.

Steve Wade Edwards on Thursday also waived his preliminary hearing and asked for a jury trial.

Edwards is charged with capital murder, or two alternative counts of first-degree premeditated murder, in the October 2014 deaths of Godofredo and Martha Moreno. He also faces four other charges.

Sedgwick County District Attorney Marc Bennett told The Wichita Eaglehe won’t seek the death penalty.

Edwards is accused of shooting the Morenos while trying to collect a debt from the couple’s son.

The other suspect, Carlos Delacadena-Edwards, is scheduled for a Nov. 30 jury trial on two counts of first-degree felony murder and one count of aggravated robbery.

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