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Kennan M. DeWitt, Legal and Mental Health Advocate

Teen pleads to beating childhood friend to death

Publication: Flint Journal, The (MI)
Edition: THE FLINT JOURNAL FIRST EDITION
Date: February 27, 2004
Page: A04
Record Id: 0412487873
Author: Paul Janczewski JOURNAL STAFF WRITER

A Flint teen admitted killing his childhood friend, Laura Mae Weeks, because "I was just mad at her." "I hit her with a bat," Brian S. Byrd told Genesee Circuit Judge Geoffrey L. Neithercut on Thursday. Byrd's admission came as he pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the April 26 slaying. Byrd, 19, of Flint, faced a first-degree murder charge but avoided a jury trial when he took a plea deal. He faces up

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