CLEARFIELD COUNTY, Pa (WJAC) — Authorities say an inmate at SCI Houtzdale has pleaded guilty to killing his cellmate last summer.
District attorney Ryan Sayers says Derek Bullard entered a plea to third degree murder in the death of 79-year-old Roberto Quevada.
Investigators charged Bullard in August after police say he admitted to strangling Quevada and then wrapping his body up in a blanket and leaving him in his bunk.
Authorities say Bullard later told police that he was allegedly "hearing voices" and stated that the voices "told him that they would go away if he killed Quevada."
Police say after the alleged murder, Bullard reportedly passed a note to one of the prison nurses that read, "I killed my cellie and swallowed razor blades, I need help!"
Officials say Bullard faces an additional 10 to 20 years in prison for the murder.
He is currently serving a 12 to 30 year sentence after being convicted of severely beating his 3-month-old son in Allentown in 2012.
ncG1vNJzZmivmpawtcKNnKamZ56axLR7y6iamqRfma5utc2mmK2dXaW5pq3DrGSgrZmhwbp5yqKjpaGenHqksculpJqslWLDsLXCnqpmm6KeuqZ5zK6pnZ2iYrCtscCrnaKdnJl6tK%2FIZp%2BoraSvsaK4xGanq6GjpLtuvMSnpayxnKuur7XAZpqaq5VisLDB0a0%3D