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Teen accused of stabbing mother 111 times pleads guilty 2/10/2006, 2:41 p.m. ET The Associated Press PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — A 16-year-old boy agreed Friday to serve 22 1/2 to 34 years for murder in the death of his mother, who was found with 111 stab wounds. Christopher Dankovich pleaded guilty as charged to open murder in Oakland County Circuit Court. "He didn't want to leave prison in a casket," said Assistant Oakland County Prosecutor Lisa Ortlieb Gorcyca. Open murder includes first-degree and second-degree murder, and the sentence Dankovich agreed to corresponds to second-degree murder. If convicted of first-degree murder,...

PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — A suburban teenager accused of stabbing his mother 111 times withdrew his guilty plea Monday after a judge rejected a plea deal that would have freed him within 34 years. Christopher Dankovich, 16, faces a March 27 preliminary examination on charges of murder and using a computer to commit a crime. "I feel a responsibility to society," Oakland County Circuit Court Judge John J. McDonald said in rejecting the deal prosecutors and defense attorneys had worked out. The judge said a prison term of 22 1/2 to 34 years was too light for the crime. Mitchell...