A 65-year-old man pleaded guilty this week to killing a young woman in Manchester nearly 40 years ago. He was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

David Morrison confessed to investigators last summer that he killed Sarah Hunter, 32, and disposed of her body. He also admitted to kidnapping a 15-year-old girl in Massachusetts several years before Hunter’s death.

“As a lifelong resident of Manchester, I was 16 years old at the time of this crime, and being able to work on justice for Sarah has been the most meaningful goal of my career,” Bennington County State’s Attorney Erica Marthage said at a press conference on Wednesday.

Bennington County State's Attorney's Office / Courtesy

The sentencing was first reported by the Bennington Banner.

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