A Staten Island electrician on Monday lastly admitted he killed his aged mom — after attempting to persuade authorities he put her out of her distress amid a botched suicide try, in response to studies.
Carl Sutera, 60, pleaded responsible to first-degree manslaughter within the strangulation loss of life of his doting mother Rosalie Sutera, court docket information present.
The plea caps a weird and tragic case that started when the 80-year-old great-grandmother was discovered useless in her dwelling in January 2024.
Sutera initially informed cops he believed his mom hit herself on an finish desk and, suspiciously, stated the household “wouldn’t need an post-mortem,” the Staten Island Advance first reported.
However Sutera’s story modified after NYPD officers arrested him days afterward suspicions that he murdered his mom, the paper reported.
The hulking Sutera claimed he discovered her unconscious with the belt of her gown wrapped round her neck, in response to the report.
Believing Rosalie Sutera tried to kill herself, her son informed police he “helped her from struggling,” the report states, citing court docket paperwork.
“I went with my arm,” he stated, in response to the report. “It didn’t take lengthy.”
Prosecutors pursued homicide and strangulation costs towards Carl Sutera, however these had been dropped when he copped to the manslaughter plea.
He’ll be sentenced to 11 years in jail on Oct. 29 below the plea settlement, the Staten Island Advance reported.
