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, 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 ...

(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. (CBS/AP) Prosecutors charged sex offender Michael Mele Wednesday for the murder of 25-year-old Laura Garza, an aspiring dancer who disappeared two years ago after leaving a New York City ...

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 ...

Laura Garza was a South Texas girl who yearned for a life beyond her small town. After the death of her father, she took a trip to New York – and decided her future was in the big city. Garza bolted ...