One of four people accused in Carroll homicide accepts plea deal

One of four men accused of murdering a town of Carroll couple in April of last year has accepted a plea deal in exchange for testifying against the other defendants.  Chautauqua County DA David Foley says 19 year-old Steven Todd of Elmira has pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree manslaughter and will cooperate with the prosecution.  Foley says Todd was not the only defendant offered a plea deal, but he was the first to accept.

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Todd along with 35 year-old Davide Coggins, 22 year-old Joshua McCormick and 19 year-old Rickey Knickerbocker, were initially charged with two counts each of second-degree murder.  All four were arrested in Elmira a day after they allegedly murdered 66 year-old Gordon Skinner, and his 59 year-old wife, Joyce.  

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