GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A Sparta man has admitted to beating his grandmother last year, killing her.
Matthew Malleaux, 24, pleaded guilty Monday to second-degree murder in the August 2017 death of 85-year-old Anne Parker.
Under the terms of a plea agreement, a charge of assaulting, resisting and obstructing police will be dismissed.
Malleaux lived with his grandmother with on Clark Street NW near South Union Street in Sparta. He previously told investigators that he argued with his grandmother over her medical alarm going off, then grabbed her, shook her and headbutted her in the face. He admitted he had been drinking heavily and said he had taken ecstasy two days prior.
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