Death Row inmate Fredrick M. Baer, 34, surprised prosecutors Friday by pleading guilty to raping two women in Marion County in January 2004.

Marion Superior Court Judge Grant W. Hawkins sentenced Baer to 50 years in prison, followed by 10 years on probation. Hawkins suspended another 50 years of Baer's rape sentences.

In June, a Madison County judge sentenced Baer to death for slashing the throats of Cory Clark, 26, and her 4-year-old daughter, Jenna Clark. Their bodies were found Feb. 25, 2004, in the Clarks' rural home southwest of Anderson near Lapel. Authorities arrested Baer a day later.