KHQ Right Now - News and Weather for Spokane and North Idaho | Man pleads guilty in '03 Nampa stabbing deaths
Member Center:
Associated Press - February 6, 2010 10:34 AM ET
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - A man has pleaded guilty to the 2003 stabbing deaths of a Nampa couple in exchange for prosecutors not seeking the death penalty against him.
Pete K. Roberts entered the pleas Friday to two counts of first-degree murder.
Canyon County prosecutors dropped two kidnapping charges and agreed to recommend two life prison sentences.
Roberts' trial had been scheduled for April. His sentencing is set for March 22 at which time a judge can accept or reject the plea deal.
Roberts was charged with the slaying of his former landlords, Bob and Idella Young. The elderly couple was tied up and stabbed to death sometime around Christmas 2003.
The crime went unsolved until Nampa police were able to link Roberts through DNA found at the crime scene.
Copyright 2010 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
