GUILTY SC - Edna Nations Suttles, 80, needs med attn, Jeep missing, Travelers Rest, 27 Aug 2021 - *Arrest*

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Daniel Printz, 59, pleaded guilty to the kidnapping and murder of Edna Suttles, waiving his rights to potentially challenge his conviction or sentence at a later date, the Department of Justice announced Wednesday. Printz was the prime suspect in the South Carolina native’s disappearance after she vanished from a grocery store on Aug. 27, 2021.

Feds say Printz cooperated with investigators and led them to Suttles’ body on May 16, months after he buried her on a Rutherford County property not far from his Bostic, North Carolina home. Her cause of death has not been released.

As part of the plea agreement, Printz will not face the death penalty, court records show. He will also not face federal prosecution for the murders of Nancy Rego, 66, Delores Sellers, 88, and Leigh Goodman, 61 – three deaths he'd been linked to, according to authorities.

Alleged N.C. Serial Killer Accused Of Killing Four Gets Life For Murder Of 80-Year-Old Woman | Oxygen Official Site

A North Carolina man connected to the disappearances and deaths of four women will spend the rest of his life in federal prison after leading authorities to the body of an 80-year-old victim.

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On Tuesday, Printz, 59, pleaded guilty in Spartanburg, S.C., federal court to kidnapping and homicide charges in connection with the August 2021 death of Edna Suttles, 80, of Travelers Rest, S.C. He was sentenced to life in prison without parole. In his plea agreement with federal prosecutors, Printz also acknowledged a role in the death or disappearances of Rego, Sellers and Goodman but was not charged with additional crimes. Authorities warn that Printz may have killed others. He served more than a decade in prison after being convicted in Michigan in 1997 of kidnapping a woman there. Given the number of victims, South Carolina prosecutors could have sought the death penalty against Printz but opted for a mandatory life sentence after he agreed to cooperate with the investigation, including taking investigators to where he’d buried Suttles’ body.

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