Former college student pleads guilty to deadly U.S. sword attack

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Former college student pleads guilty to deadly U.S. sword attack
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A former University of Connecticut student pleaded guilty to murder and other charges Wednesday for killing a man and severely wounding another with a sword in 2020 -- one of two deadly attacks that led to a six-day manhunt in several states that ended with his capture in Maryland.

Peter Manfredonia, 26, from Newtown, Connecticut, agreed to a 55-year prison sentence during a hearing at Rockville Superior Court. Sentencing was set for April 20. He also is expected to plead guilty in connection with the second attack next week in state court in Milford, his lawyer said.

"It was a global resolution plea agreement between everybody -- a lot of discussion between the two state's attorneys, the families of the victims ... and the two judges," Gedansky said in a phone interview. It's not clear why Manfredonia attacked the men. But an acquaintance of Manfredonia's lived near DeMers' home and told police she stopped seeing him recently.

After Manfredonia let the woman go near Columbia, New Jersey, investigators tracked him to Pennsylvania, where police said he took an Uber to a Walmart in East Stroudsburg. Authorities searched the area but didn't find him. A man fitting his description was later spotted near Scranton, Pennsylvania, prompting another search there.

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