ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. – A man already convicted of murdering a 16-year-old girl has pleaded no contest in two additional slayings.
Convicted killer Ralph Faba Jr. on Tuesday pleaded no contest to second-degree murder in the slayings of his girlfriend, Alicia Eakins, and his father, Ralph Faba Sr.
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Earlier this month, Faba Jr. was charged in the slaying of Eakins, 25. Eakins had been missing for eight years before her body was found in the Ocala National Forest in Southern Putnam County, where Faba Jr. led detectives.
"This man was, in our opinion, a serial killer who was just getting started in his career," said prosecutor John Tanner. "He will never see the light of day outside of prison again."
The killer's father died in 1999. Deputies found him hanging in the woods. At the time, the death was ruled a suicide. However, the Faba Sr.'s case was reopened in conjunction with the Eakins' disappearance.
With new information, investigators classified Faba Sr.'s death as a homicide. Faba Jr. was interviewed in reference to his father?s death, and he was later charged with murder in his father's slaying.
After entering his plea of no contest on Tuesday, Faba Jr. was given two concurrent 25-year sentences, which will run consecutive to the 40-year sentence he's already serving for the murder of high school student Angela Durling.