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Man pleads guilty in deaths of teenage Wichita couple

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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A man pleaded guilty Friday in the shooting deaths of a teenage Wichita couple whose bodies were found three days apart.

Dontenzie Kelly, 24, is scheduled to be sentenced next month after admitting to two counts of second-degree murder in the killings of 18-year-old Kaylah Blackmon and 17-year-old Michael Beasley.

Beasley’s body was found Feb. 1, 2001, outside an abandoned church. At the time, authorities said Blackmon might be in danger and launched a search. Her body later was found inside her truck at a Wichita apartment complex.