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BRIEF: Eldred man pleads guilty but mentally ill in 2014 fatal shootings

Pocono Record (Stroudsburg, PA) - 8/31/2015

Aug. 31--Garry Flyte, 56, of Eldred Township, has pleaded guilty but mentally ill to two counts of first degree murder in the March 2014 fatal shootings of next-door neighbors Steven Powell and Jeffrey Place.

Charges of attempted murder, for Flyte shooting at Wendy Place (Steven's mother and Jeffrey's wife), and cruelty to an animal, for Flyte fatally shooting the victims' dog, were dismissed.

Flyte's plea was accepted after prosecution and defense psychiatrists testified today that he was mentally ill at the time of the murders. He will be sentenced later this afternoon.

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