Man Who Pled Guilty in 4 Spa Deaths Was in Court for Other 4

Man Who Pled Guilty in 4 Spa Deaths Was in Court for Other 4
Robert Aaron Long appears in front of Fulton County Superior Court Judge Ural Glanville at the Fulton County Courthouse in downtown Atlanta, Ga., on Aug. 30, 2021. Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal Constitution via AP
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ATLANTA—A man accused of killing eight people at Atlanta area massage businesses who has already pleaded guilty in four of those killings appeared briefly in court Monday, but he did not enter a plea in the other four slayings.

Robert Aaron Long, 22, is accused of shooting four people to death at a massage business and shooting and wounding a fifth person in Cherokee County on March 16, and then killing four more people at two massage businesses in Atlanta. Six of the eight slain victims were women of Asian descent.