A Surprising Confession
Michael Mele ended up turning himself in to the Newburgh Town police for reasons surrounding his 6-year sex offender probation charge and violating it. He had failed to attend his Sex Offender meetings, amongst other offenses. While under scrutiny, he also confessed to the murder of Laura Garza, explaining that he had, in fact, taken her back to his apartment and what happened while they were there, was not a planned attack.