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Delmus Colvin 536490
Lebanon Correctional Institution
P. O. Box 56
Lebanon, Ohio 45036

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A Toledo truck driver is now a convicted serial killer. Forty-seven-year-old Dellmus Colvin was on trial for two murders. But in a surprise plea deal Monday afternoon, Colvin admitted to killing five women, all of whom were prostitutes, according to police.

Lucas County Common Pleas Judge Thomas Osowik sentenced Colvin to two consecutive terms of life in prison with no chance for parole.

The victims were Melissa Weber, Lily Summers, Jackie Simpson, Jacquelynn Thomas and Valerie Jones. Theresa Weber, mother of one of the victims, said that even though they had all fallen on tough times, they didn't deserve to die. "They were all mothers," she said. "They all had families."

Colvin went on trial last week in the deaths of Weber's daughter, Melissa Weber, and Jackie Simpson. Both were strangled and wrapped in sheets and blankets before being dumped, prosecutors said. Investigators linked Colvin to the slayings through DNA evidence, prosecutors said during the trial. He agreed to a plea deal because he wanted to avoid a death sentence and the solitary confinement of death row, Assistant Prosecutor Tim Braun said.

All the bodies were found in the Toledo area between 2000 and 2005. Investigators had suspected Colvin was involved in more than just the two murders he was charged with and were pressing him to admit to other killings, Braun said. Colvin admitted to all five killings Sunday night during a meeting with police and prosecutors, Braun said.

"He finally came clean," Braun said.

Weber said she didn't object to the plea deal because it allowed Colvin to admit to the other killings. "Those parents and families needed to have closure," she said. "It would have been hard to live without knowing what happened to your child."

[Hotsauce]

One of these girls used to live in my hometown in Indiana. I would never trust someone named Dellmus to not kill me, but that's my personal opinion

[Pyramid_Head]

He wanted to avoid the death penalty? Ha, what a pussy.