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Richard Stoner, 47, pleaded guilty to killing Lois Schmidt, 29, and Jonathan Vetrano, 7, at their home in June 2004. Stoner told cold case detectives he was hired by Lois Schmidt's husband to kill her.
Richard Stoner pleaded guilty to multiple murder charges in 2018, saying he'd been hired to kill a Virginia Beach woman by her ex-husband. In exchange for his plea and cooperation, prosecutors agreed not to seek the death penalty. But after capital punishment was abolished in Virginia, Stoner asked to withdraw his plea.