BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Richard Fox pleaded guilty on Friday to the murders of Marquita Mull and Cassandra Watson, whose bodies were discovered together in September 2021 on a trail in Chautauqua County, Erie County District Attorney Michael Keane announced.

Mull, 50, and Watson, 40, went missing from Buffalo 18 years apart. Watson, who had been in a relationship with the 62-year-old Fox, was last seen between 2003 and 2004, and Watson was last seen in July 2021.

Their remains were found in the Town of Portland and were subsequently examined and tested for DNA. Both of the murders are believed to be a result of strangling, according to WIVB News 4's previous reporting. Watson’s remains were found on Sept. 26, 2021, less than 20 yards away from Mull’s in a shallow grave. Mull’s remains we

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