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An NYC construction worker pleaded guilty this week to murdering actress/director Adrienne Shelly in her apartment in November 2006.

Diego Pillco, an illegal immigrant from Ecuador who was arrested days after Shelly’s body was discovered in her Greenwich Village apartment, admitted in a New York courtroom on Thursday that he killed Shelly while trying to rob her.

He then hanged her in an attempt make her death appear like a suicide, the Associated Press reports.

Pillco said Shelly caught him stealing money from her purse and threatened to call police.

Pillco will be sentenced next month. He is expected to receive 25 years in prison.

If you haven’t seen Adrienne’s last movie “Waitress” yet, I highly suggest you check it out. It’s an adorable film that Adrienne and her family should be very proud of.

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