Passion of Christ prompted strangler's confession

A man who said Mel Gibson's film The Passion Of The Christ prompted him to confess to strangling his girlfriend has pleaded guilty to murder.

A man who said Mel Gibson's film The Passion Of The Christ prompted him to confess to strangling his girlfriend has pleaded guilty to murder.

“I take full responsibility for my actions, and I plead guilty,” Dan Leach told Texas State District Judge Brady Elliott.

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