CHARLESTON, S.C. — A man who pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court to kidnapping a 4-year-old girl from her South Carolina home and sexually assaulting her before she was rescued in Alabama also told investigators he killed his girlfriend days earlier, prosecutors said. Thomas Lawton Evans, 37, pleaded guilty to kidnapping, transportation of a minor to engage in sexual activity and aggravated sexual abuse in federal court. A twist came in court when prosecutors said Evans acknowledged killing his 39-year-old girlfriend days before the kidnapping. Evans told FBI agents he stabbed Sharon Nannette Hayden in a fight in her Spartanburg County home, prosecutors said. Hayden’s car was found at the Johns Island home near Charleston where the child’s kidnapping took place, authorities said.

Source: National Post September 18, 2018 20:37 UTC