Convicted sex offender admits killing Texas dancer he met at New York City club
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A convicted sex offender who picked up an aspiring dancer from Texas at a New York City nightclub three years ago has admitted killing her.
Michael Mele pleaded guilty to manslaughter and evidence tampering in the killing of 25-year-old Laura Garza.
The plea came Monday just before the start of his murder trial in Orange County.
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Mele confessed he suffocated Garza in his Wallkill apartment. He says she became upset when she learned he had a girlfriend. He says that after he killed her, he stuffed her body in a laundry basket, drove to Pennsylvania and dumped it in a wooded area.
Garza had moved to Brooklyn from McAllen, Texas, just five months before she disappeared in December 2008. She had dreams of making it as a dancer.
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