Guilty plea in Fern Rock double murder

PHILADELPHIA - January 26, 2009 Kevin White was charged with killing 48-year-old Anthony Burno and his girlfriend, 29-year-old Kira Derrick in August, 2006.

He was sentenced to two life terms in prison.

It happened in the Fern Rock section of Philadelphia.

Investigators said White had raped and shot a teenage girl, who ran out of an alley looking for help.

Burno and Derrick, his girlfriend, came to the victim's aid.

White then returned, and shot Burno and Derrick execution-style.

The rape victim survived.

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