Man Who Stabbed Two Nuns To Death Confesses To The Killings

The convicted felon who killed two nuns in Mississippi has confessed to killing the women but refuses to tell police why.

Rodney Earl Sanders, 46, of Kosciusko, Mississippi, was charged in the deaths of Sister Margaret Held and Sister Paula Merrill, both 68.

The women's bodies were discovered on Thursday after they failed to show up for work at a clinic in Lexington, Mississippi.

It emerged today that Sanders, who admitted to killing them in interrogation, has a criminal record and is currently on probation.

He served six years behind bars for armed robbery in 1986 and was convicted of a felony DUI in Attala County last February.