Man avoids potential death sentence after children found buried on property
Story by Lauren Silver • 1h
STATESBORO, Ga. (Court TV) — A Georgia man has pleaded guilty in connection with the deaths of two children found buried behind a home in a deal that will allow him to avoid the death penalty.
Mark Wright pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, cruelty to children, false imprisonment and two counts of concealing the death of another in the deaths of Mary and Elwyn Crocker Jr.
Mark Wright pleaded guilty to charges in connection with the deaths of Mary and Elwyn Crocker Jr. (Effingham County Sheriff’s Office)
In Dec. 2018, the Effingham County Sheriff’s Office responded to the home of Candice and Elwyn Crocker Sr. after someone called in a tip that 14-year-old Mary was missing and feared dead. At the time, Mary hadn’t been seen in weeks. When deputies went to the home, the adults inside said Mary had gone to live with her mother.
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