By AP
Pinckneyville, IL – One of three teenagers accused in last summer's shooting death of a southern Illinois girl has pleaded guilty.
Carl Dane pleaded guilty Thursday to First-Degree Murder. He was sentenced to 60 years in prison.
Dane faced 11 counts in connection with the July 2010 death of 15-year-old Sidnee Stephens of Pinckneyville. Dane was 18 at the time of the murder.
Prosecutors say Dane has confessed to going to Stephens home and choking her until she passed out. He then drove her to a creek, where he shot her and left her body.
Stephens' mother, Tracy, fainted when she heard Dane's plea. She says she's one step closer to bringing justice for her daughter.
Two other teens 17-year-old James Glazier and 15-year-old Robbie Mueller have pleaded not guilty to the murder.
