Man pleads guilty in deaths of 3 found in burned-out car

Public Radio 90, WNMU | By Hans Ahlström

Published November 6, 2015 at 5:05 PM EST

MANISTIQUE, Mich. (AP) — A 47-year-old man has pleaded guilty in the deaths of three people whose bodies were found in a burned-out car in Michigan's Upper Peninsula

The Daily Press of Escanaba reports Garry Cordell made the plea Thursday in a Schoolcraft County court to murder charges in the deaths of 31-year-old Carrie Nelson, 25-year-old Heather Aldrich and 42-year-old Jody Hutchinson.
They were found April 17 in Doyle Township, 70 miles southeast of Marquette. Police have said the motive appears to be drug-related.
He faces life in prison without parole at sentencing, which it tentatively scheduled for Dec. 10.

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