Nearly four years after the remains of two Buffalo women’s bodies were found off a remote trail in Chautauqua County, Richard Fox, 62, a twice-convicted sex offender, has pleaded guilty to killing them.
Fox pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree murder on Friday morning before Erie County Court Judge Suzanne Maxwell Barnes. He admitted to killing Marquita Mull and Cassandra Watson nearly two decades apart.
WATCH: Senior Reporter Maki Becker and I-Team Chief Investigator Ed Drantch break down the developments that led to Friday’s guilty plea.
Years after remains of two women were found, a man has pleaded guilty to both murders
It all began on September 26, 2021, when a woman was walking along the Chautauqua Rails to Trails off of Woleben Road in the Town of Portland. On that walk, she noticed something off the path. Authorities say she went to see what it was and it turned out to be a human skull…