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06-05-2004, 10:07 AM
Parole Board denies parole for convicted murderer Keller Wilcox
Associated Press
ATLANTA - Parole has been denied for convicted murderer Keller Wilcox Jr., Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles officials said Friday.
The five-member board ruled that Wilcox, 53, may next be considered for parole in May 2011, said spokeswoman Heather Hedrick.
Wilcox has served 22 years of a life sentence for the 1972 murder of Hellen Hanks, a 35-year-old Valdosta woman who worked as secretary and bookkeeper in his family's advertising business. He was convicted in 1982, two years after a logger found her body buried in the woods near Valdosta.
Although eligible for parole after serving 14 years in prison, he has been denied parole nine times previously, Hedrick said.
Hedrick declined to reveal the vote. But at least three of the five board members - governor's appointees who serve 7-year terms - must agree to deny parole.
Board members cited "overwhelming evidence" of Wilcox's guilt in the case and the fact that he has never admitted guilt nor has shown any "remorse or acknowledged the seriousness of this crime" as reasons for their decision, Hedrick said.
Associated Press
ATLANTA - Parole has been denied for convicted murderer Keller Wilcox Jr., Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles officials said Friday.
The five-member board ruled that Wilcox, 53, may next be considered for parole in May 2011, said spokeswoman Heather Hedrick.
Wilcox has served 22 years of a life sentence for the 1972 murder of Hellen Hanks, a 35-year-old Valdosta woman who worked as secretary and bookkeeper in his family's advertising business. He was convicted in 1982, two years after a logger found her body buried in the woods near Valdosta.
Although eligible for parole after serving 14 years in prison, he has been denied parole nine times previously, Hedrick said.
Hedrick declined to reveal the vote. But at least three of the five board members - governor's appointees who serve 7-year terms - must agree to deny parole.
Board members cited "overwhelming evidence" of Wilcox's guilt in the case and the fact that he has never admitted guilt nor has shown any "remorse or acknowledged the seriousness of this crime" as reasons for their decision, Hedrick said.