Isaiah Gardenhire has pleaded no contest to second-degree murder in the case of the fatal stabbing of a 13-year-old girl in Mt. Pleasant in June.
Gardenhire, 41, is accused of assaulting a girlfriend and killing her daughter near Mt. Pleasant in June. Then during a 48-hour manhunt, Gardenhire is accused of holding two people hostage and sexually assaulting one of them.
He later turned himself in on June 7 after driving to Flint in a stolen car and surrendering to police.
Gardenhire pleaded no contest in an Isabella County court Monday. He is also facing charges in Ingham County where he’s accused of killing a couple back in April.
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