Adam Edwards
Marsha Gail SheltonNEWPORT, Tenn. (AP) - The state has announced it will seek the death penalty against both suspects in a Cocke County triple killing.
The Knoxville News Sentinel reported prosecutors filed notice on Tuesday, stating that if 30-year-old Marsha Gail Shelton is convicted in the killings of a couple and their toddler, capital punishment will be sought.
District Attorney Jimmy Dunn filed similar notice Monday against Shelton's co-defendant, 43-year-old Adam L. Edwards.
Shelton and Edwards are charged in the deaths of Sherman Ellison, Terri Henderson and their 2-year-old son, Riley. The victims' bodies were found in their burned-out mobile home in the Grassy Fork community on May 26. Edwards is a former neighbor of the victims. Dunn declined to reveal how the victims were killed.
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