Dr. Diane Michele

[Me_Again]

http://www.theoaklandpress.com/stories/042...050427004.shtml

I knew of this lady, I actually spoke to her on the phone once. She had an article in a newspaper I read called The Phenomenews (sp). She lived in the same community as me. I can't comprehend how these tradegies happen (yeah, I know I say everything happens for a reason). I'm thinking of becoming a criminal psychotherapist because I need to make sense of this to myself, find out what goes on in the minds of someone who does these horrible acts (thinks of Silence of The Lambs, and changes her mind).

I just can't comprehend it

Love and Light to you Dr. Diane Michele

[_Nyx_]

Obviously, this kid has some severe issues and needs psychiatric help. I almost got incensed at the beginning of the article when it stated that his mother recently discovered he'd been looking at pornography and weapon related web-sites, as if that might be the cause, which is crap. Such craziness in the world. Makes me afraid to let my kids go outside to play. The poor woman.

[vampgirl]

An ongoing argument between a 15-year-old boy and his single mother about guns, porn and the teen's girlfriend may have led to a violent outburst sometime last weekend in which the son brutally killed his mom -- stabbing her 111 times, police said.

According to law enforcement officials, sometime before her death, Diane Michele took away the gun her son, a Rochester Hills high school freshman, apparently made out of PVC pipe to shoot marbles. She did not like that he played paintball. She found out he had been looking at porn.

The teenager, Christopher Dankovich, was arraigned Tuesday before 52-3 District Court Judge Nancy Carniak in Rochester Hills and charged with murder, accused of slashing his mother's body with a knife -- even poking her eyes. Police say he admitted to the killing. He is being held without bond in Children's Village, a juvenile detention facility in Pontiac.

If convicted, Dankovich could face life in prison.

To people who knew the 50-year-old victim, what is most shocking about her violent death is that Michele was a loving mom who constantly doted on her only son and often told them how he was her pride and joy.

A licensed professional counselor, Michele was a flamboyant woman, her friends said. She practiced holistic medicine and had an office off Woodward in Bloomfield Hills. She was a minister, and according to her Web site, she founded the HeartLight Metaphysical Ministry and offered her services at weddings, baptisms and funerals.

On the site, she referred to herself as a "Psychotherapist/Speaker/Teacher/Trainer/Minister." She taught classes on "Developing Your Intuition," "Starting Your Own Spiritual Path," "Near-Death Experiences," "Remote Viewing" and "Miracles."

Her Rochester Hills home was filled with inspirational sayings about love, police said. The license plate on her car was "LOVE4U." She dressed in flowing, colorful clothing and wore flashy jewelry, friends said. Purple was her favorite color, they said.

They said that the center of her world was her son.

"That son was the apple of her eye," said Sheila Becker of Birmingham, a friend of Michele who also is a psychologist. "She constantly told me she thanked God for her son because he was never on drugs or booze. They did everything together.

"She lived for that boy," Becker added. Law enforcement officials said the gruesome nature of the crime and the unclear motive for the violence troubles them. The boy, who according to neighbors and friends was quiet and "very nice," must have been filled with rage, police said."It's one of the most horrific crimes I've ever come across," Oakland County Prosecutor David Gorcyca said.

Dankovich was a good student at Rochester Adams High School, school officials said. He kept to himself and walked the dog when his mom asked, a neighbor said. He got along with other students and had friends, his peers said.

Exactly why the teen killed his mother is unclear, Gorcyca said.

"That's the million-dollar question," Gorcyca said. "What motivated a 15-year-old, who was otherwise a well-behaved child, to butcher his mom? This investigation is far from complete. There has to be something in this boy's background for him to commit such an angry crime."

Before her death, police said Michele took the PVC gun away and gave it to the boy's father, her ex-husband, James Dankovich.

James Dankovich, who police said lives in Troy and has cooperated fully with their investigation, declined to comment Tuesday. He was the one to tip off officials as to where his son might be after Michele's body was found early Monday.

That morning, police found Michele's body inside the front door of her two-story Rochester Hills home. She was lying facedown and covered in blood. Police found two knives at the house, one inside and one outside that was bloodstained.

Her son was gone.

Near the body were garbage bags full of paramilitary clothing that the boy probably wore to play paintball -- a game simulating war where people shoot paint pellets at each other, police said.

It is unclear, police said, whether the clothing was the source of an argument that precipitated the violence, or whether the teenager killed his mother and then got the clothes to take with him, when the teen fled in his mother's white minivan.

Later that afternoon, police found Dankovich at a family-owned cabin in St. Helen in Roscommon County.

According to Dr. Beth Ann Brooks, a child psychiatrist and professor of psychiatry at Wayne State University's School of Medicine, there are several possible explanations for the teen's shocking behavior, including drugs and alcohol, a feeling of being backed into a corner with no escape or resolution outside of killing or extreme emotional conflict that led to a psychotic impulse.

Conflict, humiliation, embarrassment or a discovery of behavior that would disappoint a parent "could prompt a child in a very close relationship to inflict harm on the parent," said Brooks, who also noted that such an outcome is rare.

Dankovich's attorney, Mitch Ribitwer, said Tuesday that all the reports he has seen indicate that Dankovich was a "nice young man" and it might be difficult to find a rational explanation for the allegations. "There may be some mental health issues here," he said.

He said Dankovich is due back in court May 17 for a preliminary exam.

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[Kryso]

They said that the center of her world was her son.

Just goes to show, you can do everything for the one you love, and sometimes that’s just not enough!

[Purplos]

"The center of her world was her son" could also mean over-bearing stifling mother. If this woman was a bit wacky with the therapy/metaphysical stuff, she could have been putting unbelievable pressure on her son to do all sorts of stuff he didn't want to.

On the other hand "There may be some mental health issues here" seems to be a massive understatement.

[Angelofmercy]

agreed, i think the mental health issues could well have been on both sides in this case.

Poor kid. His life is now over. Hopefully more information will come out as to why. There's never a good reason, but he must have had some serious motivation

[__Kratos__]

Wow... I hope they put him in a nice padded room for a very long time.

[brittish_gurl]

Well that's retarded, I don't know why anyone would do that, some people are just really weird.

[Amalgamut]

111 times?

My God.

I dont think I could stab a dead cow that many times.

[henpeck69]

This kid has some serious mental issues. He had to have been insane to stab his mom 111 times. I wouldn't be surprised if it turns out that he was on drugs.

[aztecking6010]

grosstastic.

how can people still rally behnd him, same thing with

berkowitz

m. jackson

and saddam

[thirteen]

TAKE EM OUT BACK AND HANG EM !!111 TIMES WHAT THE HELL??DAM HE MUST HAVE BEEN TIRED AFTER THAT!!!!!!

[HowdyDoo]

I can't think of anything I could do for 111 times.

I think I'm going home to talk to my 15 year old boy and see if he has any issues he'd like to discuss with me. Maybe I better stop asking him to take out the trash?

[green_dude777]

Does anyone think the number of times he stabbed her has anything to do with it? She was into metaphysics, and he obviously has something messed up in his head. Just a thought.......

[Me_Again]

Well if I was psychic (not saying I'm not ) I would have played the number 111, because guess what, it fell in the Michigan 3 digit the day after

What do you think causes someone to to such a horrible act ? I just can't comprehend it

[Diebytheflyguy]

This kid has some serious mental issues.  He had to have been insane to stab his mom 111 times.  I wouldn't be surprised if it turns out that he was on drugs.

597528[/snapback]

Wow, I knew someone would say this. Just for not lets not blame "the dope" or "the drugs" ok?

"That son was the apple of her eye," said Sheila Becker of Birmingham, a friend of Michele who also is a psychologist. "She constantly told me she thanked God for her son because he was never on drugs or booze. They did everything together.

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596432[/snapback]

This kid was probably over-stressed, and his mom must of did something to set him off because it was obviously rage, hate and anger that fueled this kid to stab her 111 freakin' times. And, I don't know if anyone has a temper here, but I've noticed a couple times when I've gotten mad, everytime I would lash out unexpectedly, and after, I either couldn't believe I "did it" or I wouldn't remember what happened or why I did it.

According to law enforcement officials, sometime before her death, Diane Michele took away the gun her son, a Rochester Hills high school freshman, apparently made out of PVC pipe to shoot marbles. She did not like that he played paintball. She found out he had been looking at porn.

To people who knew the 50-year-old victim, what is most shocking about her violent death is that Michele was a loving mom who constantly doted on her only son and often told them how he was her pride and joy.

Her Rochester Hills home was filled with inspirational sayings about love, police said. The license plate on her car was "LOVE4U." She dressed in flowing, colorful clothing and wore flashy jewelry, friends said. Purple was her favorite color, they said.

They said that the center of her world was her son.

"She lived for that boy," Becker added. Law enforcement officials said the gruesome nature of the crime and the unclear motive for the violence troubles them. The boy, who according to neighbors and friends was quiet and "very nice," must have been filled with rage, police said."It's one of the most horrific crimes I've ever come across," Oakland County Prosecutor David Gorcyca said.

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596432[/snapback]

It sounds like the mother was one of the over protecting and she probably smothered her son too much... It sounds like she didn't want her son to get dirty, get into trouble or do anything unsafe and she didn't want his girlfriend around him. She probably took everything from him, and I'll be she freaking out a little too much when she found out her son was watching porn. She just didn't want her "baby" to grow up, and that would drive me nuts too.

Murder is murder though, but this kid probably won't remember too much about it... It's probably just a blur to him.

[tigger]

now come on... maybe he was just making sure she was dead.... really, really dead.

i cant believe that someone can stab someone that many times.. i mean bl***y hell.. that is really very scary stuff that he could be just be so crazed to keep on weilding a weapon so many times.. i can maybe understand 2, 3 times max but to keep on going like that? she must have been pulp