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Background. Jean Pierre Orlewicz was arrested november of 2007 in Detroit Michigan for the murder of Daniel Sorenson (also taking place in Detroit.) The murder was classified as a "thrill kill" because of its graphic nature and because of the suspects supposed motive of simply wanting to take another humans life. Sorenson was found with his limbs sawed off, his head removed,his torso set ablaze as well as his fingers blowtorched to remove their prints. The murder took place when Orlewicz, Sorenson and a friend of Orlewicz Alexander Letkemann met together in hopes to rob a person known to have around $40,000 It is then that the stories diverge between the defense and prosecution.

Defense The Orlewicz party maintains that Orlewicz tried to convince Sorenson to not rob this man, when Sorenson heard this he flew into a rage and pulled a gun on Orlewicz. It was then that Orlewicz recovered a knife and proceeded to stab Sorenson to death. After this in a heat of panic that the police were coming Orlewicz then decapitated Sorenson to hide his identity. Orlewicz also maintained Sorenson had mafia connections and feared retaliation from the family as well. The defense maintains the entire killing was strictly in self defense.

Prosecution

The prosecution states that the robbery was just a set up at the hands of Orlewicz and Letkemann to kill a man. Letkemann who testified against Orlewicz said that Orlewicz often times talked about his longing to kill