A New Jersey man has pleaded guilty to charges related to the death of his girlfriend, whose remains were found inside a refrigerator dumped in a state forest just days before Christmas last year.

Christopher Blevins, 46, was initially indicted on a first-degree murder charge, but he pleaded guilty Monday to a lesser count of aggravated manslaughter , the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office told NJ Advance Media. That means he admitted to causing the death, but without the intent or premeditation required for a murder conviction.

Blevins is also facing a charge in Cape May County of desecrating human remains .

Laura Hughes, a 50-year-old mother of two daughters , was found dead on Dec. 22 in the Belleplain State Forest, a wooded area spanning 21,320 acres across northern Cape May a

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