A Massachusetts man had pleaded guilty to the 2019 killing of a Worcester mother in her apartment, authorities said Monday. Thomas Bergstrom, 42, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the death of Jennifer Vazquez-Rivera,

Thomas Bergstrom of Worcester was sentenced to serve life in prison for the killing of Jennifer Vazquez-Rivera, officials announced.

A 42-year-old Worcester man has pleaded guilty to murder in the 2019 killing of Jennifer Vazquez-Rivera inside her apartment, the district attorney said Monday.

On Monday in Worcester Superior Court, Thomas V. Bergstrom pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 25 years