A Staten Island electrician on Monday finally admitted he killed his elderly mother — after trying to convince authorities he put her out of her misery amid a botched suicide attempt, according to reports.

Carl Sutera, 60, pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter in the strangulation death of his doting mom Rosalie Sutera, court records show.

The plea caps a bizarre and tragic case that began when the 80-year-old great-grandmother was found dead in her home in January 2024 .

Staten Island man Carl Sutera pleaded guilty to murdering his mother Rosalie Sutera (pictured) in January.

Sutera originally told cops he believed his mother hit herself on an end table and, suspiciously, said the family “wouldn’t want an autopsy,” the Staten Island Advance first reported .

But Sutera’s tal

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