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Desmond Burks pleads guilty to killing well-known Detroit neurosurgeon

The man accused of killing a well-known Detroit neurosurgeon and a 67-year-old Dearborn driver pleaded guilty on Wednesday, ending jury selection. Desmond Burks, 35, entered a plea agreement that dropped the first-degree murder charge against him, but he pleaded guilty to eight other counts in two separate cases.