High School Chum Recalls Man Held In Slayings: Teddy Bear

                   
tbo.com     May 16, 2008            

The man charged this week with the blood-splattered slayings of a mother and two children was recalled Thursday by a high school classmate "as pretty much a big teddy bear." In recent years, though, Edward Covington, 35, has been accused of abuse, has been in at least 14 car accidents and was... [read full story]                    

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Bond denied for Lutz murders suspect

baynews9.com     May 16, 2008          

This booking photo of Edward Covington, 35, was taken Wednesday. Covington's girlfriend, Lisa Freiberg, 26, and her children, Zachary, 7, and Savannah, 2, were discovered dead inside a mobile home on Monday. (Covington was serving one year's probation for The sheriff's office said Covington...                    

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Former Sandalwood Student Charged in Mother's Day Murders

firstcoastnews.com     May 16, 2008          

JACKSONVILLE, FL -- A former student from Sandalwood High School is in jail in Tampa, charged with the mutilation murders of a mother and her two children. It happened in her home in the city of Lutz, just north of Tampa. 35-year-old Edward Allen Covington is facing three counts of first-degree...                    

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Boyfriend charged with killing woman and two children in Lutz - TV-10 Tampa Bay

mentalhopenews.blogspot.com     May 15, 2008          

Father says son suffers from bi-polar disorder. Video of story here. By: Dave Balut Tampa, Fl. – Hillsborough Sheriff's deputies today charged a man with three counts of first degree murder in connection with the gruesome killings of a 26-year-old woman, her 7-year-old son and 2-year-old daughter...                    

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Investigators to collect more evidence in Lutz murders

baynews9.com     May 16, 2008          

The newly released jailhouse video shows Covington surrounded by deputies as he's brought into the jail and fingerprinted. HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY (Bay News 9) -- Investigators will collect more evidence from the man suspected of killing his girlfriend and her two children in Lutz on Mother's Day. On...                    

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Two-year-old bitten before she was killed

tampabays10.com     May 16, 2008          

Tampa, Florida - More disturbing information is coming out in the mutilation murder case of a woman and her two children. In Hillsborough County Court today, prosecutors requested a judge grant their request for physical samples from murder suspect Edward Covington. The judge granted the request...                    

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Records: Lutz Slayings, Mutilation May Have Involved Biting

tbo.com     May 16, 2008          

Edward Covington had a court hearing today to discuss the dental records request. TAMPA - The mutilation of a woman and her two children may have involved biting, according to court records released today. A judge ruled that prosecutors will be allowed to take dental impressions from Edward...                    

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Police: Covington May Have Bitten 2-Year-Old on Arm

theledger.com     May 17, 2008          

TAMPA | Prosecutors will get dental impressions, measurements and photos from Edward Allen Covington after an autopsy showed that one of the children he is accused of killing had a bite mark on her arm. The mutilated bodies of Lisa Freiberg and her two children were found in their Lutz mobile...                    

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