At 1 a.m on the morning of August 20, 2010, 16-year-old Carlee Morse asked her mom for permission to go outside to talk on her cellphone. Her mom gave permission so, Carlee stepped outside their apartment complex at 7000 blocks of West Bonnie in Westland, Michigan. She was barefoot and was in her pajamas. It was unknown what had happened to her until December.
Nicolas Jay Cottrell and Justin Lee Yoshikawa had confessed to having murdered her the night she disappeared. Both of them knew Carlee as she had dated Justin that spring and broke up with him during the summer. This was why they decided to kill her.
On that night Justin hid underneath some clothes in the back seat of Nicolas's Ford. Nicolas invited Carlee to smoke some weed. She went inside of his truck. He then drove her to an isolated place where Justin came out from under the clothes and strangled her with a dog leash.
Together they stated that the dumped Carlee's body. They wrapped her in garbage bags and left her in a trash bin behind a red brick church. They couldn't remember where it was as they were in shock and under the influence of drugs.
Nicolas claimed that Justin also planned on killing Carlee's mother. He had also believed at the time Justin had killed other people. He stated he was scared for his life and wanted to come forth sooner.
Both were charged with first-degree murder,
In January 2011 Nicolas pleaded guilty to second-degree murder when he struck a deal. He was supposed to testify at Justin's trial. He was sentenced 20 to 50 years in prison.
In November of 2011, Nicolas claimed he has coerced a confession during Justin's trial. He refused to testify against him and the judge allowed his transcript to be read at trial. Justin admitted everything was true and was sentenced 35 to 70 years in prison.
It was found that Nicolas's mother knew of the murder. She was charged as an accessory after the fact. She failed to inform law enforcement of Carlee's murder. She was charged with a misdemeanor.
Carlee is a white female and was 16-years-old at the time. She was 5'0" and 90 lbs at the time. She has brown hair and brown eyes. She has a scar on her left side and a burn scar on her inside right ankle. Her ears are pierced.
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