A 50-year-old Edmundston man has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the death of a man from Rivière-Verte, N.B.

The RCMP responded to a Soucy Road home shortly before 6:30 p.m. on Feb. 13. The body of 70-year-old Roger Parent was found inside the home.

Sylvain Bard was arrested on Feb. 17 and charged with first-degree murder in Parent’s death.

He appeared Monday at the Court of Queen’s Bench in Edmundston, where he pleaded guilty to second-degree murder.

Bard is due back in court for sentencing on July 15.