No death penalty for man who killed eight women

A serial killer who prosecutors say burned some of his victims to ash and bits of bone in his mother's back yard pleaded guilty yesterday to killing eight women.

Under a deal with prosecutors, Larry Bright, 39, escaped a possible death sentence and instead will get life in prison without parole.

The killings caused an uproar in Peoria's black community. The victims were black and several were prostitutes and drug addicts. Bright is white.