Cop: Teens Beheaded, Burned Man For Thrill
2 Detroit-Area Youths Accused Of Mutilating Adult Acquaintance, Burning Corpse With Blowtorch
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Canton High School student Jean Pierre Orlewicz, 17, of Plymouth, and Alexander James Letkemann, 18, of Westland, are charged with first-degree premeditated murder, felony murder and mutilation of a corpse. (AP)
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This undated photo from the Illinois State Police sex offender information web site shows Daniel Gene-Vincent Sorensen. Sorensen's burned, headless torso was found at the end of a suburban cul-de-sac in Northville Township, Ill., on Thursday Nov. 8, 2007. (AP)
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Canton High School senior Jean Pierre Orlewicz, 17, and Alexander James Letkemann, 18, ambushed 26-year-old Daniel Sorenson on Wednesday in a garage owned by Orlewicz's grandfather, Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy said. A tarp had been spread on the floor, she said.
"They lured him in the garage, where they prepared a space to kill him," Worthy said at a news conference.
Sorenson, who had worked as a bouncer, was stabbed multiple times in the back, his head sawed off and his body wrapped in the tarp, authorities said. Orlewicz and Letkemann burned his hands and feet with a blowtorch, possibly in an effort to conceal his identity, Worthy said.
"They made plans on how they were to clean up the blood," she said. "They made plans on how they were going to dispose of the body."
The teens loaded Sorenson's torso in a pickup truck, dumped it in a cul-de-sac and set it on fire using gasoline, Worthy said. A utility crew found it Thursday morning, police said.
Sorenson's head was found Saturday in the Rouge River.
His history as a registered sex offender in Michigan and Illinois and the fact that he may have owed his attackers a small amount of money appear to have had nothing to do with his death, Worthy said.
Sorenson was convicted in Illinois when he was 17 of having sex with a 14-year-old girl, said Northville Township police Lt. Greg Rhodes.
"We've all seen a lot. We've seen it all," Worthy said of the Sorenson case's investigators. "Still, a crime like this surprises us all.
"Anytime anyone kills just because they want to, and that's what the evidence seems to suggest here, is bone-chilling. Why anyone would want to do that, especially being 17 years old, it makes us think and ask a lot of questions about our society."
Other people may have been involved, Worthy said.
Anytime anyone kills just because they want to, and that's what the evidence seems to suggest here, is bone-chilling.
Wayne County prosecutor Kym WorthyJames C. Thomas, Orlewicz's lawyer, declined to comment.
Orlewicz, of Plymouth, and Letkemann, of Westland, were arraigned Monday on one count each of first-degree premeditated murder, felony murder and mutilation of a corpse. Not guilty pleas were entered on their behalf, and both were ordered held without bond and are due in court next Monday.
The murder charges carry mandatory sentences of life in prison. Mutilating a corpse carries a maximum sentence of 10 years.
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Two more contenders for the Medal of Freedom...
Stop finding excuses to circumvent your own depravity onto someone else....
This is not an anomaly, last week there was a article that featured a young middle-class suburban white male which lured a young woman for the identical reason, a "thrill kill".....
It''s so convenient for some white folks to circumvent their own sadistic behavior in order to escape the reality, there are white folks out there who are just as irrational, emotionally disturbed, and savagely sadistic as blacks, Hispanics, etc..
Just as blacks and Hispanics are stereotyped of typical behaviors so are whites, and this is certainly not atypical of suburban white males bored with nothing but time on their hands and little direction.
Oh my let''s keep saving sadistic criminal lives that do not deserve saving.
Posted by ozilot at 04:28 PM : Nov 12, 2007
This kind of comment is BULL*HIT! Say what you want, but unless you played video games as a child or have children that do/did, you are going to make this assumption and be wrong. No one can blame a murder on playing video games, watching movies or listening to music. That is almost giving these kind of people an excuse, your almost disgusting as they are... They are murderers, they did it because they "wanted to see what it was like." I know PLENTY of people that play video games, including myself, and I''m not going to go out and murder...
Those of you who are debating race ... think about this ..
it has NOTHING to do with race .. it''s character and morals .. these two have none..
I respectfully disagree with blaming it on videos or bad parenting ... these boys crossed the civilized line ... sounds like calculating, cold blooded MURDER to me ...
What would cause anyone to want to decapitate a human being? EVILNESS
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I just don''t think you''re an authority on the subject to come up with conclusions like you did. People on here mainly reach out for answers.
Posted by mitchoncbs at 04:25 PM : Nov 12, 2007
You sir are full of it, and I don''t care if you''re white or not. This type behavior is found everywhere there are ''humans'', Any time you dislike someone or something enough to deliberately damage or harm it, you have sunk to the lowest animalistic behavior, there is. This is something that ''any'' human is capable of, the only reason it is not common practice is that Humans value ''ethics'' highly.
Seems as if you took it personally.
THAT is exactly they type of attitude THEY had towards their victim!
The first step towards becoming just like them is to feel justified in treating ANY human being that way. The second step is just a matter of finding someone you don''t like, for whatever reason. So, you''d better change your attitude now, before it''s too late.
No, I did not take it personally. I am well aware of that type of sentiment and disagree with it. I just got done watching "Hotel Rawanda" and saw the exact same behavior exhibited there as I have seen in Iraq, the US, Japan (POW Treatment) Abu Graib (same)and the Gulags. All I am saying isn that this is a ''''Human'' thing, not a racial thing. My comments were not an attack on you or anyone.
Posted by didntinhale at 05:27 PM : Nov 12, 2007
Your humor? and innuendo leaves a lot of room for improvement. what a sick comment!
Posted by jankebenz
Oh get the fu(k over it, it''s an anonymous posting site, what do you expect? It''s a train wreck of 3 of the sickest possible confuration of human beings all in one big slimy demented cesspool of psychotic rage and warped hatred. I mean really, what CAN you say??? Make jokes, that''s what.
Posted by MenRscum at 05:41 PM : Nov 12, 2007
You''re right I suppose, my expectations for sanity, intelligence,and dignity are perhaps too high
Posted by MenRscum at 05:41 PM : Nov 12, 2007
Well you aren''t joking with a handle like yours (MenRscum), or are you? if so then its a sad testament to your view of men (of which I am one). You seem to have no feelings for our feelings but yet you want us to respect your feelings. Most men learn more from their Mothers (Women) than from their Fathers. They learn about how to be Men from the Father (if they have one) but they learn how to treat their fellow humans from the Mother.
Posted by fitedafuture at 05:53 PM : Nov 12, 2007
I can''t say for sure, but I doubt any of the **** genus besides Sapien kill for pleasure alone. I doubt it would even enter their tiny litte heads to do so. Which just shows what a f''ed up species we are.
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