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Michigan Man, Daniel Clay, convicted of murdering Halloween partygoer, Chelsea Bruck, after claiming he accidentally choked her to death while they had rough sex in his car

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><h6 id&equals;"ext-gen28"><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;140101&semi;"><strong>Man is convicted of murdering Poison Ivy partygoer&comma; 22&comma; he met at a Halloween bash after claiming he accidentally choked her to death while they had rough sex in his car <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;140101&semi;">Chelsea Bruck&comma; 22&comma; was last seen on October 26 in Frenchtown Township&comma; Michigan after going to a Halloween party dressed as a poison ivy<&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;140101&semi;">Six months later&comma; Chelsea Bruck&&num;8217&semi;s naked body was found 15 miles away&comma;in  wooded area of Ash Township  <&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;140101&semi;">Police arrested <strong>Daniel Clay in July 2016&comma; <&sol;strong>charged him in relation to her death<&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;140101&semi;"><strong>Clay was convicted Tuesday&comma; of first-degree murder over the death of <&sol;strong><strong>Chelsea Bruck in 2014&comma;<&sol;strong><strong> by a Michigan court<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;140101&semi;"><strong>Clay said he met Bruck at a Halloween party after consuming drugs and alcohol <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;140101&semi;"><strong>He had claimed Bruck was accidentally choked while they had sex in his vehicle<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;140101&semi;"><strong>He faces life in prison without parole<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><strong><img class&equals;"" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;05&sol;daniel-clay5&period;jpeg&quest;w&equals;612" alt&equals;"Daniel Clay5" width&equals;"893" height&equals;"502" &sol;><&sol;strong>Daniel Clay had claimed Bruck died after she was accidentally choked while they had rough sex in his car&period; The jury found him guilty of first-degree murder<&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"imageCaption">A man has been convicted of first-degree murder almost two and half years after the naked body of a 22-year-old Michigan woman who went missing from a Halloween party was found&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Chelsea Bruck was last seen on October 26&comma; 2014&comma; in Frenchtown Township after going to a party while dressed as Poison Ivy&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Witnesses at the time told police she had been seen about 3am in a parking lot with an unidentified man&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Daniel Clay&comma; 28&comma; was convicted of first-degree murder over the death of  Chelsea Bruck in a Michigan court on Tuesday&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Bruck was last seen on October 26&comma; 2014&comma; in Frenchtown Township after going to a Halloween party while dressed as Poison Ivy&period; Her body was found stashed in nearby woods about six months later&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;There was no dispute over whether Clay killed Bruck&comma; and jurors in his trial instead had to decide whether his explanation for events was true&period; Clay&&num;8217&semi;s defense centered on his claim that Chelsea whom he picked up at a Halloween party accidentally choked to death while they were having rough sex in his car&period; has been found guilty of murder&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group"><img class&equals;"" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;05&sol;chelsea-bruck2&period;jpg&quest;w&equals;612" alt&equals;"Chelsea Bruck2" width&equals;"643" height&equals;"870" &sol;><strong> Chelsea Bruck  went missing after a Halloween party in 2014&period; She had attended the event dressed as Poison Ivy&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"splitRight">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"overlay-icon mobile-gallery">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mobile-gallery-icon"> Clay claimed Bruck was accidentally asphyxiated in his car while they had aggressive sex after a night of drinking and drug use at the party in 2014&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">However that account was dismissed by prosecutors&comma; who said injuries to Bruck&&num;8217&semi;s face showed she had been beaten by Clay&period; He had been arrested in 2016 after DNA evidence found on Bruck&&num;8217&semi;s Poison Ivy costume led investigators to him&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;The defendant murdered Chelsea Bruck&comma; then discarded her lifeless&comma; naked body&comma;&&num;8217&semi; prosecutor Michael Roehrig said&period;  The Medical Examiner had already ruled that  Bruck died from blunt force trauma to the head when Clay was arrested in July&comma; 2016&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;After he was remanded Clay called his girlfriend from jail the next day&period;and reprtedly had a conversation which  led Roehrig to surmise he  &&num;8216&semi;done it&&num;8217&semi;&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8220&semi;She said don&&num;8217&semi;t lie to me&comma; tell me what happened and he said it was an accident&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Roehrig said &&num;8220&semi;&lpar;She said it was&rpar; rough sex&period; I believe she did not want to have sex and he choked her and did what ever else he wanted to do to her&period;&&num;8221&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Furthermore&comma; when <span class&equals;"vm-hook-outer vm-hook-default"><span class&equals;"vm-hook">police<&sol;span><&sol;span> arrived&comma; they made a discovery&colon; &&num;8220&semi;They found journals&comma; panties&comma; and jewelry in his backpack&period; &lbrack;He&rsqb; said it was an accident&comma; why don&&num;8217&semi;t you call&quest; Why do you have her stuff&quest;&&num;8221&semi; Roehrig asked&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;Clearly he never wanted to be caught&period;&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mol-para-with-font"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;05&sol;chelsea-bruck3&period;jpg&quest;w&equals;612" alt&equals;"Chelsea Bruck3&period;jpg" &sol;><strong>Chelsea Bruck celebrating her 22nd birthday before she went missing after a Halloween party in 2014<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"imageCaption"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-185697" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;05&sol;daniel-clay1&period;png" alt&equals;"Daniel Clay1" width&equals;"725" height&equals;"581" &sol;><strong>Daniel Clay is pictured in a Michigan court on May 15 prior to his convicted for the murder of 22-year-old Chelsea Bruck in 2014<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">&NewLine;<p id&equals;"ext-gen49" class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">Bruck disappeared about 15 miles away from where her body was discovered in April 2015 in Monroe County&&num;8217&semi;s Ash Township&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;She was dressed as the fictional comic villain at the party and was wearing a leaf-covered top and a dark purple wig&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Her body wasn&&num;8217&semi;t clothed when workers found it while trying to free a dump truck from soggy soil&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The Poison Ivy costume was found about ten miles away at an industrial site near Flat Rock just weeks before her body was discovered&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mol-para-with-font"><img class&equals;"" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;05&sol;daniel-clay6&period;jpg&quest;w&equals;612" alt&equals;"Daniel Clay6&period;jpg" width&equals;"719" height&equals;"404" &sol;><strong>Daniel Clay had a history of runins with the law&period; In 2007 alone he had pled guilty to breaking and entering&comma; assault and battery&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic"><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-185693" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;05&sol;missing-person-flyer-for-chelsea-brock&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Missing person flyer for Chelsea Brock" width&equals;"672" height&equals;"884" &sol;>Missing person flyer for Chelsea Bruck&period; More than one million fliers were handed out in the six-month relentless search for the Munroe&comma; Michigan woman&period; Her body was found in April of 2015<&sol;strong><br &sol;>&NewLine;<img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-185691" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;05&sol;daniel-clay-dumped-chelsea-brucks-naked-body-here-after-killing-her&period;png" alt&equals;"Daniel Clay dumped Chelsea Bruck's naked body here after killing her&period;png" width&equals;"760" height&equals;"494" &sol;><strong>Investigators are seen searching the area near when Bruck&&num;8217&semi;s naked body was discovered after her disappearance<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"imageCaption"> Clay denied striking Bruck during his testimony Monday&period; He said he consumed drugs and alcohol at the Halloween party and offered Bruck a ride when he saw her on the road&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">&&num;8216&semi;I didn&&num;8217&semi;t mean for this to end like this&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Clay said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He now faces a mandatory sentence of life in prison without a chance for parole&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Roehrig told reporters the verdict means Bruck&&num;8217&semi;s family is &&num;8216&semi;nearing the end of a 31-month ordeal&&num;8217&semi;&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;It&&num;8217&semi;s a huge emotional relief for everyone involved&period;&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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