Edwards
KINGSTON – The man accused of stabbing another man to death last
year pled guilty in Ulster County on Tuesday.
Prior to the completion of jury selection, Earl Edwards, Jr., 26, pled
guilty to murdering Rameen Perry, 40, on May 26, 2016.
Edwards broke into the home of his estranged wife at about 3:20 a.m. and
stabbed Perry in the heart, killing him.
Immediately after killing Perry, Edwards fled to New York City where he
purchased a train ticket to South Carolina. He was intercepted in Washington,
DC by members of the Amtrak Police Department and extradited back to Ulster
County.
When sentenced in April, he faces from 15 years to life in prison.
