Trucker Describes Slaying to Jury

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EUREKA, Calif. (AP) — The man who confessed to killing four women after walking into a sheriff's office and pulling out a woman's breast from his pocket has described a grisly killing to grand jurors.

Wayne Ford, 36, was informed Wednesday that he had been indicted on one count of first-degree murder by grand jurors who heard the truck driver's tearful confession with investigators.

The panel heard details of a slaying in Humboldt County in October 1997.

Ford allegedly picked up the woman as she walked near a shopping mall in Eureka. Her nude torso was found 12 days later in a slough.

he trucker did not know what killed the woman but tried to revive her, according to his interview with police.

Ford was arrested Nov. 3 after he walked into the Humboldt County Sheriff's Department and said he had hurt a lot of people. He pulled the breast from his coat pocket, saying the evidence was "the tip of the iceberg."