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Man pleads guilty to murder, rape
Sylvania man gets 5 life sentences for January incident
WEB FRANK WALTERS IV
Frank Hayes Walters IV
A man who shot a woman in January, then raped her teenage daughter, pleaded guilty to multiple charges Tuesday and was sentenced to life without parole.Frank Hayes Walters IV, 26, of Bascom Road in Sylvania, pleaded to murder, rape, four counts of aggravated child molestation, kidnapping, aggravated assault, two counts of possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime, financial transaction card theft and financial transaction card fraud, Ogeechee Judicial Circuit Assistant District Attorney Michael Muldrew said.Walters shot Deidra Thompson, 34, of Swallowtail Drive, five times after an argument Jan. 13, Muldrew said. Then Walters used a second gun as he sexually assaulted her daughter, who was 15 at the time, before kidnapping her and taking her to another county.Bulloch County Superior Court Judge William T. Woodrum sentenced Walters to five life sentences plus 46 years. For the murder charge, he was given a sentence of life without parole.
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