MOUNT VERNON — According to Knox County Prosecutor John Thatcher, a Mount Vernon man pleaded guilty to murder Tuesday.
Elmer Chandler, 75, appeared Tuesday in the Knox County Common Pleas Court before Judge Otho Eyster.
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A firearms specification and a charge of tampering with evidence were dismissed.
Chandler is accused of killing his wife, Joann Chandler, in their Miller Road farmhouse in May.
Thatcher said the court has ordered a pre-sentence investigation.
Sentencing has been set for Jan. 16, 2009.
