DeSoto County man sentenced for deadly DUI crash

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Justice for a mother and son killed by a man driving under the influence.

27-year-old Garrett Edwards pleaded guilty to felony charges of DUI manslaughter and vehicular homicide.

In September 2022, he killed a mother and her 13-year-old son in DeSoto County.

The pair had been riding on a John Deere utility vehicle with other family members when Edwards veered off the road and slammed into them.

Edwards will spend the next 35 years in prison.

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