By MELINDA J. OVERSTREET
for Glasgow News 1
A Glasgow man changed his plea in Barren Circuit Court on Monday to guilty as charged on two counts of murder and two counts of first-degree wanton endangerment.
Cody Bacon, 23, faced a possible death penalty in conjunction with those charges in relation to the deaths of his brother, David A. Pace, 24, and Pace’s wife, Brittany R. Pace, 22, in the presence of two other individuals at the couple’s Glasgow home on Sept. 2, 2021.
As part of a plea agreement, the commonwealth recommended on each of the murder counts, a life sentence without the opportunity for parole until a minimum of 25 years has been served, and five years each on the wanton endangerment charges. All of it, though, would be served concurrently. He may also have court costs and/or fines as part of his sentence.
Commonwealth’s Attorney John Gardner told Circuit Judge John T. Alexander that the agreement had been communicated with the victims’ family and they were OK with it.
Multiple people in the front row of the gallery were crying as Alexander recapped the crimes for Bacon to affirm that he was indeed saying he did those things.
A police citation in the case states that a male had called 911 advising that he shot his brother and sister-in-law, and when the officer responded, he saw a white male waving his arms at him and he commanded that person” to drop to his knees at gunpoint.
“I immediately detained the male, and he began to state he was sorry for what he done. I identified the male as Cody Bacon and read him Miranda Warning. Bacon stated he understood his rights and waived his right to remain silent,” the citation states. “Bacon stated that he had shot his brother and sister-in-law because he was tired of his brother and sister-in-law arguing/fussing with the children. Bacon stated that there were two juveniles behind him when he fired the gun. Bacon stated he emptied a 9 mm handgun of ammo on his brother and sister-in-law.”
The gun he said he used was found at the scene, according to the citation.
The trial for his case had been scheduled to begin last month but was postponed a few months ago at the request of the defense, with no new dates set.
Bacon’s final sentencing was set for Nov. 3.
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