Man Pleads Guilty to Desecration of Body


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(KSL News) Jasen Calacino has pleaded guilty to charges of abuse and desecration of a human body.

He is charged with a third-degree felony in connection to the death of a friend.

Calacino and then-girlfriend, Macall Aubrey Petersen, dumped Amelia Sorich's body in the foothills near Bountiful after she overdosed on heroin.

Defense attorney Greg Skordas says Calacino is a good kid in a tragic situation. Sentencing is scheduled for October.

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