An Essex County jail inmate awaiting trial, admitted Wednesday killing his cellmate.
According to authorities, Rahdi Richardson was initially charged with murder after his cellmate, Desmond Sanders, was found on Sept. 1, 2013, beaten and strangled at the Essex County Correctional Facility.
However Richardson Wednesday pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter, before Judge James W. Donohue.
According to a spokesperson for the Essex County Prosecutor's Office, Richardson agreed to a sentence of 29 years in prison.
Richardson's sentencing has been scheduled for March 27.