Man pleads guilty to killing former girlfriend

PAYETTE (AP) - A 25-year-old Payette man has pleaded guilty to strangling his former girlfriend to death.

Cody Hays earlier this month pleaded guilty to second-degree murder.

Police say he killed 23-year-old Amber Leann Schwenn in July. He was arrested July 28 after Schwenn's mother called police when her daughter didn't arrive for work.