the man accused of using facebook to lure a teenager to her death confessed the murder to his ex girlfriend, according to testimony she gave in court on monday kyle dube, 21, of orono, maine, is accused of using a phony social media account to kidnap 15 year old nichole cable, of glenburn, and kill her in may 2013 the bangor daily news reports that dube's ex girlfriend sarah mersinger testified monday that he told her he killed nichole mersinger says dube covered up nichole's body with leaves and sticks during an emotional testimony, she added: 'he told me that he strangled her at the end of her road he said he put duct tape on her mouth, her eyes and on her hands and feet elaborate plot? kyle dube, 21, (pictured left in court last week) allegedly abducted nichole cable, 15, (right) in 2013 so that he could stage a rescue and be hailed as a hero his ex girlfriend has told a court he confessed to killing her and dumping her body in woodland in bangor, maine  'he said he took her clothes off so the police dogs couldn’t smell her he said he covered her with sticks and leaves, so they couldn’t see her from the sky' the court heard mersinger would spend 18 or 19 days out of 21 at the house dube shared with his parents and a four year old daughter from another relationship mersinger also told the jury that she had met dube on facebook, where they began messaging each other they began dating in november 2012 but her mother didn’t approve  prosecutors say dna evidence ties dube to nichole's disappearance his attorneys say someone else killed the high school sophomore dube is pleading not guilty to abduction and murder, arguing that somebody else committed the crimes during a court hearing last week, it was alleged dube was intending to abduct her then stage a fake rescue so he could be hailed as a hero according to the prosecution, the bogus account was traced to his home, his dna was found on a hat at the end of nichole's driveway and cell tower records show that he was in the area of nichole's home accused: prosecutors say dube, pictured with his attorney during a hearing last monday, left a hat with his dna on it near nichole's home  defense attorney wendy hatch said last monday that the state rushed to judge dube, and she argued that someone else had committed the crimes 'we are here to show you the state has holes in their case they have mistakes, big mistakes,' hatch told the jury, adding that dube 'got up the next morning, got dressed, kissed his daughter goodbye and went to work' assistant attorney general donald macomber said dube's dna was also found on cable's fingernails, and he had scratches on his face after she disappeared he also said dube alluded to the crime while having an emotional outburst as officers tried to calm him down while he reported to jail for an unrelated traffic offense 'dube responded it was what he had done, that they didn't know he had done, that he was worried about,' macomber said horrifying: the court heard dube (mugshot left) covered nichole's (right) body in leaves so she couldn't be seen from the sky and took her clothes off so police dogs couldn't smell her  the trial is expected to last two weeks and includes a witness list with more than 80 names the case prompted discussions about the appropriate use of social media at the high school she attended in old town nichole's mother, kristine wiley, testified that she knew dube as a friend of her daughter's who came by their house two or three times before her disappearance between tears, she testified that dube reached out to her with an offer to baby sit her other children after nichole vanished but before her body was found wiley said dube first told her he had heard wiley said he was responsible for nichole's disappearance wiley said she denied the accusation and that dube then told her 'if i needed anything, call' and that he would watch her other children for her she said she never took him up on the offer sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article
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kyle dube, 21, 'plotted to kidnap then rescue 15 year old nichole cable' his ex girlfriend sarah mersinger says he confessed to her murder  she told the court he said he used leaves and sticks to cover the body  added he took off her clothes so the 'dogs would not smell her' prosecutors say dna evidence ties dube to victim's disappearance  he is pleading not guilty to abduction and murder 