6th person pleads guilty in NJ torture murders

CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) - November 6, 2011

Twenty-one-year-old Lance Fulton of Camden faces up to 25 years in prison after pleading guilty Friday to aggravated manslaughter in the death of 23-year-old Michael Hawkins of Mount Holly. Fulton's due to be sentenced Dec. 9.

Fulton is the sixth person to plead guilty to charges related to the deaths of Hawkins or his 18-year-old girlfriend, Muriah Huff of Cinnaminson.

Camden County prosecutors say several people - males and females who ranged in age from 14 to 24 - attacked the couple before they were killed in February 2010 in a Camden rowhouse. They were then buried in a shallow grave in the backyard.

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