Major C. Edwards Jr. pleaded guilty today to voluntary manslaughter in the death of Lawrence rapper Anthony Vital.
with first-degree murder in Vital's death
, a case profiled in a June 2007 edition of The Pitch ("It'sHard Out Here for a Player
").Vital was known as "Clacc," and he was a member of Da BombSquad. His
bullet riddled body
was found in a field west of Lawrence on October 2006.
The Star
reports that Edwards' sentencing is scheduled for April 20
(he's expected to get 18 years).
The trial of Durell A. Jones,
who is
charged with first-degree murder in the death of Vital, is scheduled for
May 17.
Photo by Anna-Marie Perry.
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