'He is a serial killer': Western North Carolina man gets life behind bars after confessing to killing 4 women
59-year-old Daniel Printz will spend the rest of his life in federal prison
59-year-old Daniel Printz will spend the rest of his life in federal prison
59-year-old Daniel Printz will spend the rest of his life in federal prison
Fifty-nine-year-old Daniel Printz will be in federal prison for the rest of his life after he confessed to killing four women within the last five years.
Greenville County Sheriff Hobart Lewis, along with his office, the Rutherford County Sheriff's Office, federal investigators and prosecutors announced Printz's life sentence Wednesday after the serial killer pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday.
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"He is a serial killer. Make no mistake about it," Lewis said. "He was a sick-minded individual, dangerous individual. He preyed on the elderly. He preyed on females, so we're glad we got him."
Printz most recent victim was 80-year-old Edna Suttles, a Travelers Rest woman who was last seen Aug. 27, 2021. The two met in the parking lot at a Travelers Rest Food Lion.
"She was sedated by Daniel Printz with prescription medications," said Justin Holloway, Assistant United States Attorney for the District of South Carolina. "Printz later drove her to his North Carolina home where he killed her and buried her body on a nearby farm."
Printz was arrested at his Rutherford County home within two weeks of Suttles' disappearance.
Authorities were able to identify the 59-year-old from his shopper card, which he used at Food Lion to purchase yogurt he used to sedate and drug Suttles.
During the investigation, the 59-year-old confessed to killing three other women, all of which lived in North Carolina. They were 88-year-old Delores Sellers, 66-year-old Nancy Rego and 61-year-old Leigh Goodman.
He even impersonated two of the four victims for years after they died.
"Mr. Printz did continue to contact members of Nancy Rego's family as if he was Nancy and then he continued to contact members of Leigh Goodman's family as if he was Leigh and then he continued to withdraw money that was being paid into their bank accounts for Social Security," Holloway said.
Officials are not ruling out more victims. They said they are continuing to speak with Printz and are glad he's behind bars.
"It is, without a doubt, that if it were not for the diligent investigative efforts by this team of investigators, this man would most likely be free on the streets continuing to prey on innocent victims," Lewis said.
"There is no more serious offense than taking the life of another and yesterday's life sentence was a small measure of justice for these families," Holloway said.