WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) -- A man has pled no contest in the death of his wife and a friend at a Riverside home in July 2023. Charles Crawford, 63, pled no contest Thursday to two counts of felony first-degree murder. On July 25, 2023, the bodies of 50-year-old Vanessa Crawford and 58-year-old Donald Eckert were discovered around 7:30 a.m. in the 1100 block of N. Woodrow. The bodies were discovered after a woman had gone to the residence to drop off her child, as that's where Vanessa operated a home daycare. The woman found the door locked, and when no one answered the door, she looked inside and found the bodies of Crawford and Eckert. They were pronounced dead by EMS. Truck crashes into restaurant in Historic Delano, driver arrested Crawford was arrested later that morning. He was initially charged with capital murder. A jury trial had been scheduled for Jan. 13. However, Crawford pled no contest at a hearing Thursday. Sentencing is scheduled for Feb. 10.