Steven Fike, 67, who is serving a life sentence in Alabama state prison, will have a change of plea hearing on March 12 in Suffolk Superior Court in Boston. He previously pleaded not guilty to killing 19-year-old Wendy Dansereau at a Boston hotel.

BOSTON — 67-year-old Steven Fike, in Boston’s Suffolk Superior Court direct from Alabama where he is serving time for a 1982 rape and murder in that state, is on the verge of taking responsibility for the death of a woman in Boston in 1980.

Steven Fike, 67, previously pleaded not guilty to the killing of 19-year-old Wendy Dansereau at his arraignment in 2022, according to court records. He is now expected to plead guilty at a March 12 hearing in Suffolk Superior Court, the statement said.