A Georgia man pleaded guilty to murdering a woman in her garage three years ago minutes before his trial was about to begin.

Antonio Brown, 26, entered a non-negotiated plea on Monday, the same day his murder trial was scheduled to start. Brown accepted responsibility for the stabbing death of 77-year-old Eleanor "Ellen" Bowles, who discovered Brown in her garage trying to steal her SUV on Dec. 10, 2022. Police said at the time that Bowles encountered Brown inside her Buckhead, Georgia, home at 11:30 a.m. and he stabbed her several times before driving away in her Lexus SUV.

Bowles was found on the floor of the garage by her adult son, who had come to his mother's gated community for a holiday visit.

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