MADISON, Wis. -- Authorities said the man accused of a 29-year-old double killing in Jefferson County is also a person of interest in the 1996 death of his one-time foster son in Ohio.

Geauga County Sheriff Dan McClelland said that Edward Edwards, 76, has been a person of interest in the death of Danny Edwards, also known as Danny Gloeckner, since he was killed 13 years ago.

Authorities said that Danny Edwards died from a shotgun blast.

McClelland said that Danny Edwards was the foster son of Edward and Kay Edwards in Ohio.

Danny Edwards disappeared in May 1996, and was found by a hunter 11 months later in a cemetery about a mile from where he lived with his foster parents.

McClelland said Edward Edwards has always been a person of interest in the death of Danny Edwards because of his relationship to the victim.

The sheriff said he has been in communication with Wisconsin law enforcement authorities and anticipates sending detectives to the jail to ask Edward Edwards more questions about the death of his foster son.

Geauga County is located about 30 miles east of Cleveland.

Edward Edwards is being held on a $2 million bond in Jefferson County. Edward Edwards was extradited to Wisconsin from his home in Kentucky.

In Wisconsin, he's accused of killing high school sweethearts Tim Hack and Kelly Drew. The couple, both of whom were 19, was last seen leaving a wedding reception in Jefferson County in 1980. Their bodies were discovered two months later. Searchers found their bodies a few miles from the reception hall.

Investigators said that DNA evidence links Edward Edwards to the killings. They haven't said what the motive was.

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