A former University of Virginia student and diplomat’s son who is serving two life sentences for the 1985 murders of his girlfriend’s parents, is asking Gov. Bob McDonnell to recommended his parole and deportation to his native Germany. An attorney for Jens Soering, the son of a German diplomat, cites DNA tests that eliminated Soering as a contributor in the stabbing death of Derek and Nancy Haysom. Former Gov. Tim Kaine ordered Soering’s transfer just before leaving office, but McDonnell revoked that request.
Soering and the Haysoms’ daughter, Elizabeth, fled to Europe eight months after their deaths and were arrested by British authorities on check-fraud charges. Soering confessed in detail but later recanted and maintains that he is innocent.
