Cop: Teens Beheaded, Burned Man For Thrill

2 Detroit-Area Youths Accused Of Mutilating Adult Acquaintance, Burning Corpse With Blowtorch

(AP)  Two thrill-seeking teenagers stabbed an adult acquaintance, took a blowtorch to his corpse and threw his severed head into a river, prosecutors said Monday as they charged the pair.

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.

Raymond Cassar, Letkemann's attorney, urged the public not to rush to judgment. He said Letkemann's only other brush with the law came a couple of years ago when he was charged with being a minor in possession of alcohol.

James 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.

[tdentino]

sick dudes!!!

[feelfree1]

Re: "Teens Beheaded, Burned Man For Thrill"

Two more contenders for the Medal of Freedom...

[knyghtwolf]

Send them to Crawford for rehabilitation, the shrubmonkey can spend his days doing community service work for wayward teens.

[johnstossel]

Burn them alive!!! An eye for an eye...

Probabvly sititng around and heard their parents talking about what they would do to a s.ex offender. Anyone can look up on the Internet who is a s.ex offender.

[kailumego1]

sunsetbillyb "Illegals" how typical, no they''re not "illegals", good-old-fashioned middle-class suburban white boys, killing for the thrill...

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.

[mrmazerati]

Their parents should rot in prison along with them.

[iyamacog]

Our society is so out of control. Anything goes ''for the fun of it''.....with absolutely no thought of punishment.
Oh my let''s keep saving sadistic criminal lives that do not deserve saving.

kailumego1, you''re too kind. I believe a white boy would more likely do something like this than any other race. It fits the profile of a white middle class boy. For those of you out there that care, I''m white.

[stargate1121]

I don''t think it has anything to do with whether they are white or what. for what they did I hope they do spend the rest of their lives in jail. that''s where they belong.

[nlm2383]

Too many video games and no real parenting...and we wonder why society is going to hell in a hand-basket...this is so sad.

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...

ozilot, I truly think you nailed it. Too many kids are living in a fantasy world and want to get out and practice what they play.

[rushman71]

Posted by ozilot: I cannot agree with you more on this!!!

[dbstevens]

Horrifying. I can''t wrap my mind around ANYONE who could do something like this, much less at that age. This world is slowly going completely insane.

[jankebenz]

Any more arguments regarding the effects of violence from the media/video games? The monkey see, monkey do results from frequent visual exposure to killings,violence,seks ect ,no wonder we see so much of the same emulating by misguided people

[writescripts]

In a work,''SICK! Our society is quickly going down the toilet.

[dowjones20k]

These young men are obviously very evil and should get what a jury of thier peers .. death would not be unreasonable ...


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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nlm2383, you probably don''t have the mindset those boys have. Of course it sounds like an excuse, but I believe it was meant more of an answer to "WHY".....or "HOW"

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.

[phydeux1]

I played video games all the time as a kid, and I play them daily as an adult, and I''m well-balanced. This is about a LACK of parenting and educating these teens on dealing with anger, rage, and other emotions. So without those filters and guidance they just act out what they see in the media, from Saw movies, to video games, to violence-laden graphic novels (fancy comic books). These kids are unredeemable monsters who need to go away. Bad kids aren''t born bad, they''re raised bad, and they usually stay bad.

[a-ji]

What were they thinking?! This is absolutely insane!

[dsproull]

This is unreal! May God have mercy on their souls...

when I was stationed in the Philippines, I witnessed a public execution. The person executed was tried and convicted of selling harmful drugs to a twelve year old, which died of an overdose. Let me tell you, it was something that even scared me straight.

[toolmangler-2009]

I believe a white boy would more likely do something like this than any other race. For those of you out there that care, I''''m white.

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.

[mitywhity]

Execute

ToolMangler, just like you, I am entitled to my opinion and I accept yours as well. I was referring to profiling the FBI has been doing for year. Maybe I should have given them the credit instead of making it look like my own. Was in too much of a hurry to do that.

Seems as if you took it personally.

[jankebenz]

The constant violence,killings ,filth,and general garbage leeching into homes from hollywood and general media has its effects as we see. Society''s values, morals,behavior,and ideologies are for the most based on role modeling from visual imput.The sewage spewing forth from the tv/computor has certainly contaminated many a mind. The public must demand producers to come up with more wholesome viewing content to change the picture of cause and effect.

[incog-nito]

In other news, the movie "Saw IV" is making a killing at the box office.

well, it looks like the children are out of school, I am outta here. STUPID jokes just show how society has gone down the toilet.....

[myidoncbs]

Someone said, "These wastrels should be taken out back of the cop shop and executed with the same regard for them as they showed their victim."

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.

MyIDonCBS, good point. That would bring them down to the same level them boys are at.

[fitedafuture]

I sincerely believe people with sick minds are out to outdo one another on who can do the worst or most horrible in their crimes now, we have passed the point of no return...

[toolmangler-2009]

Posted by mitchoncbs at 05:21 PM : Nov 12, 2007


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.

[fitedafuture]

I was around the satanic killings of spring breakers in South Texas back in 1989 and this is just as chilling...

[fitedafuture]

the parents must feel like complete failures if they had anything to do with their moral upbringing , ....

[jankebenz]

Let me get this straight. The Internet *** offender registry was unable to protect this man from giving head???? LMAO..I guess next we need a headhunters registry..LMFAO..What a country

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!

[fitedafuture]

these guys obviously reverted to the most primalistic barbaric , these methods of killing are inhumane...

[menrscum]

...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.

[menrscum]

And, don''t worry...they''ll spend the rest of their lives enduring god only knows what - and since they are only teenagers, you know that''s a long fu(king time to live a life in hell with an orange jumpsuit on. Like the warden says in Shawshank Redemption: "they''ll think they''ve been fu(ked by a train..." Yeah, that and so many more treats in store for them for the next 65 years.

[fibonacci_]

Killing in general should be considered inhumane. I am against the death penalty even for the hardest criminals. After all, life in a horrible prison is probably even worse. What do we teach people about the value of human life by killing people who kill people? It all makes me very sad.

[l8c6]

Hmm, who are the bigger perverts here. Beheading and torturing. I can imagine how many pro-war neo cons are cheering this on while out of the otherside of their bobble heads condemning the "islamo-fascists" for the same activities. My country is full of sick ignorant bas*tards.

[fitedafuture]

its one think to think it or plan it, but to actually carry it out, and to this degree? there has to be something very twisted in your brain to go through with something like this...

[pugster]

These numbnuts probably played too much Manhunt and probably de-sensitized by the killings. Unfortunately, we are the own products of our society.

[fitedafuture]

I seriously hope no neo-cons or anyone else for that matter is condoning or supporting this, cmon? ...what are we neanderthals? I know we act like it..but cmon...

[fitedafuture]

I seriously hope no neo-cons or anyone else for that matter is condoning or supporting this, cmon? ...what are we neanderthals? I know we act like it..but cmon...

[fitedafuture]

people in general are de-sensitized....no one cares anymore..

[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

[justfacts2]

Sorry but I am not going to lose any sleep over this sicko *** offender being killed. At least he won''t hurt anymore children.

[fitedafuture]

men R scum youre a babbling moron...shut up..!

[toolmangler-2009]

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



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.

[roger_inkart]

what are we neanderthals? I know we act like it..but cmon...

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.