(CBS/AP) GOSHEN, N.Y. - Convicted sex offender Michael Mele has admitted to killing aspiring dancer Laura Garza just before the start of his murder trial Monday. Mele pleaded guilty to manslaughter ...

GOSHEN, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) --Convicted sex offender Michael Mele admitted Monday to killing a 25-year-old aspiring dancer who moved to Brooklyn from Texas to pursue her dreams. Mele, 26, decided to ...

The suspect in the killing of an aspiring young dancer from Texas who disappeared after a night out in Manhattan has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in a deal with prosecutors on the day his trial was ...

Michael Mele, a convicted sex offender from Orange County, NY, pleaded guilty today to manslaughter and tampering with evidence in the 2008 death of Brooklyn resident Laura Garza. Mele, who pleaded ...

ORANGE COUNTY — As Brooklyn and the rest of the country continue to await the upcoming trial of a sex offender charged with killing a Bay Ridge woman, officials in Upstate New York continue to ...

Michael Mele, wearing a dark suit, pleaded guilty to manslaughter and evidence tampering in the killing of 25-year-old Laura Garza just before the start of his murder trial in Orange County court.