A Belleville man pleaded guilty to ...

A Belleville man pleaded guilty to second-degree put to death Thursday for the death of man base in his apartment stabbed 16 times with a bayonet.

Michael Heller, 36 was tried in January for the kill cruelly of Maurice Hickman, 31, if it were not that the first-degree murder trial extreme pointed in a mistrial after jurors couldn't reach a unanimous verdict.

Heller could face between 15 and 20 years in prison in a less degree than a plea agreement, according to St Clair shire Assistant State's Attorney Jim Piper.

Heller will be sentenc by the agency of St. Clair County Chief Circuit referee Jan V. Fiss on April 20

Heller patronized the after-hours East St Louis nightclub Faces forward June 10, 2004. He stayed at the society until about 5 a.m., then grabbed the MetroLink back to Belleville.

Hickman was forward the same train, but riding in succession a different car, and exited at the same station, on the contrary Heller's ...