A California convict pleaded guilty to two New England cold cases dating back to the 1980s on Tuesday, the Berkshire County District Attorney’s Office announced.

David Allen Morrison, 65, pleaded guilty to the 1981 kidnapping of then-15-year-old Laura Sheriden in Lanesborough, Massachusetts, in Berkshire County Superior Court, the district attorney’s office said in a joint press release. He also pleaded guilty to the 1986 murder of 32-year-old Sarah Hunter in Bennington County, Vermont, Tuesday afternoon.

Morrison was imprisoned in California for over 30 years before being extradited to Massachusetts in November, the district attorney’s office said. He was motivated to plead guilty in these additional cases after realizing he would not be granted parole, The Bennington Banner reported

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