MOUNT CLEMENS (AP) — A Detroit-area man who will spend the rest of his life in prison with no chance of parole for strangling his wife and two children with a cable told a judge this week he failed as a husband and a father.
Timothy Fradeneck, 38, was sentenced in Macomb County Circuit Court.
His wife, Christie, 8-year-old son, Timothy, and 2-year-old daughter, Celeste, were found dead last April in their Eastpointe home.
Fradeneck pleaded guilty in January, saying he was mentally ill. The plea qualifies him for mental health care in prison.
Fradeneck told police he tried to take his own life by ingesting pills and starting a fire, but that he fell asleep before the fire.
