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Drifter To Be Sentenced In Portage Torture Case
Clerc Pleaded No Contest To 4 Charges
UPDATED: 4:58 pm CDT September 7,
2008
PORTAGE, Wis. -- A drifter accused of helping her gang torture an 11-year-old boy is due to be sentenced this week.Prosecutors said Michaela Clerc, 21, and her gang scalded, whipped and starved the child and locked him in a closet in the house they rented in Portage. Investigators discovered the body of the boy's mother, Tammie Garlin, buried behind the house.Clerc has pleaded no contest to four charges, including being a party to causing mental harm to a child and false imprisonment. She faces up to 73 1/2 years in prison when she's sentenced Tuesday.Investigators said Clerc roamed the country with a band of identity thieves that included the boy, his sister and their mother.
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- August 7, 2008: Man Strikes Deal, Found Guilty in Portage Slaying, Torture Case
- August 5, 2008: Sisk's Motion For New Attorney Denied In Portage Abuse, Slaying Case
- July 4, 2008: Clark Accepts Plea Deal In Portage Torture, Homicide Case
- July 3, 2008: Judge Agrees To Block Testimony In Portage Torture Case
- June 28, 2008: Portage Child Abuse, Murder Case Back In Court
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