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Article: Clark Says He Killed Houghteling; Courtroom Confession Follows Plea Bargain
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- The Washington Post
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- June 15, 1993
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Hadden I. Clark pleaded guilty yesterday to killing Laura
Houghteling last October as the 23-year-old Bethesda woman lay in her
bed, sparking new hopes that Clark will soon tell police where he has
buried the body.
In a dramatic, surprise plea on the opening day of his murder
trial in Rockville, Clark, who was once found to be paranoid
schizophrenic, said he "suffered no delusions" on Oct. 19 when he
killed the Harvard University graduate, whose family had hired him
for part-time gardening.
"I found Laura, alone, in her bedroom," Clark said, his back
turned toward the packed courtroom gallery that included his mother
and Houghteling's relatives.
"I killed her by means of suffocation while ...