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Teen given life in decapitation case

Published: May 12, 2008 at 6:14 PM
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DETROIT, May 12 (UPI) -- A Michigan judge Monday said she was glad to give a life prison sentence to a teen after he admitted to brutally stabbing and beheading his friend.

Jean Pierre "JP" Orlewicz, 18, of Plymouth Township, Mich., was given a mandatory life prison sentence without the possibility of parole after he was found guilty April, 16, of premeditating the murder of Daniel Sorensen, 26, The Detroit News reported.

Wayne County Circuit Judge Annette J. Berry tacked another 4-10 years onto Orlewicz's sentence for mutilating a corpse.

Orlewicz's partner in the crime, Alexander Letkemann, 18, is serving a 20-30 year jail sentence for his involvement in the Nov. 7, 2007, killing.

Two days after Sorensen's body was discovered Nov. 8, in Northville Township, Mich., his head was found in a park in nearby Dearborn Heights, the News reported.

Orlewicz was found guilty of first-degree murder after he said he cut off Sorensen's head with a hacksaw, unloaded the body and set it on fire.



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