A man charged with the murder of Marietta resident and Auburn University student, 18-year-old Lauren Burk has admitted to the killing, according to police and school officials.
Courtney Lockhart, charged with capital murder in the abduction and shooting death of Auburn University student Lauren Burk. (AP Photo/Auburn Police Department)
"According to arrest affidavits read Monday, March 10, 2008, in Lee County Circuit Court, suspect Courtney Larrell Lockhart confessed to police in the case of Auburn student Lauren Burk's death, which led to the capital murder charges filed against him on Saturday, March 8." a university statement said.Alabama resident Lockhart, 23, described verbally and in writing how he abducted Burk from the school grounds. He then robbed her, drove her around, told her to take her clothes off and shot her with a handgun, according to court documents.
Phenix City police arrested Lockhart on Friday. Lockhart is also suspected in an armed robbery in a Columbus department store parking lot last Thursday.
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