Man pleads no contest to manslaughter in 1975 slayings of 2 brothers during Michigan robbery
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A man accused of fatally beating and stabbing two suburban Detroit brothers in 1975 has pleaded no contest to manslaughter.
The Detroit Free Press reports (http://on.freep.com/Sxiadw ) 57-year-old David Fowler made the plea Monday in Wayne County Circuit Court. A first-degree murder charge was dismissed.
A no contest plea isn't an admission of guilt but is treated as such for sentencing purposes.
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Fowler was extradited from Georgia in February 2012 after DNA tests linked him to the deaths of 34-year-old Michael Belt and 18-year-old Jeffrey Belt. The men were beaten with a board and stabbed during a robbery.
Fowler had been in prison under an alias. He has previous convictions for shoplifting, receiving stolen property and escape.
He's scheduled to be sentenced May 23.
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Information from: Detroit Free Press, http://www.freep.com