Jens Soering, a former University of Virginia student convicted of the 1985 murders of his girlfriend’s parents, may be soon headed to prison in Germany, where he could apply for parole after two years.
Gov. Timothy M. Kaine, acting on a request from Soering's lawyer, agreed this week to ask the U.S. Department of Justice to approve the transfer, said Gordon Hickey, a Kaine spokesman. Soering was given two consecutive life sentences for the murders of Derek and Nancy Haysom, who were stabbed to death in their Bedford County home.
The son of a German diplomat, he has been eligible for parole here since 2003 but has been turned down. Hickey said that although Soering can apply for parole in Germany, it does not mean he will be released there.
The Haysoms' daughter, Elizabeth, pleaded guilty to being an accessory to the murders and is serving a 90-year sentence.
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