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Teen Convicted of Stabbing, Beheading Man in 'Thrill Killing'
Thursday, April 17, 2008
DETROIT - A jury has convicted an 18-year-old man of killing another man,
then beheading him and torching the body in what prosecutors called a thrill
killing.
Jean Pierre Orlewicz of Plymouth, Mich., was charged with first-degree
murder in the Nov. 7 slaying of Daniel Sorensen, 26, of River Rouge in Wayne
County's Canton Township. The jury convicted Orlewicz on Wednesday, a day
after starting deliberations.
The conviction carries a mandatory punishment of life in prison without
parole.
The defense had argued in Wayne County Circuit Court that the Orlewicz
killed the much larger Sorensen in self-defense and mutilated the body
because he feared reprisal by organized crime figures.
But prosecutors say Orlewicz carefully planned the killing.
Orlewicz testified he stabbed Sorenson after the 280-pound bar bouncer
pointed a gun at him and friend Alexander Letkemann.
Letkemann, 18, of Westland, Mich., testified against Orlewicz last week
after pleading guilty to a reduced charge of second-degree murder.
Teen Convicted of Stabbing, Beheading Man in 'Thrill Killing'
Thursday, April 17, 2008
DETROIT - A jury has convicted an 18-year-old man of killing another man,
then beheading him and torching the body in what prosecutors called a thrill
killing.
Jean Pierre Orlewicz of Plymouth, Mich., was charged with first-degree
murder in the Nov. 7 slaying of Daniel Sorensen, 26, of River Rouge in Wayne
County's Canton Township. The jury convicted Orlewicz on Wednesday, a day
after starting deliberations.
The conviction carries a mandatory punishment of life in prison without
parole.
The defense had argued in Wayne County Circuit Court that the Orlewicz
killed the much larger Sorensen in self-defense and mutilated the body
because he feared reprisal by organized crime figures.
But prosecutors say Orlewicz carefully planned the killing.
Orlewicz testified he stabbed Sorenson after the 280-pound bar bouncer
pointed a gun at him and friend Alexander Letkemann.
Letkemann, 18, of Westland, Mich., testified against Orlewicz last week
after pleading guilty to a reduced charge of second-degree murder.