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Teen Pleads Guilty To Beating Man To Death With Baseball Bat In Boulder

BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4) - A 19-year-old man accused of beating a developmentally disabled man to death pleaded guilty to second-degree murder Friday.

Austin Holford is one of the two teenagers accused of killing 30-year-old Aaron Tuneberg in Boulder last year. Police say they beat Tuneberg with an aluminum baseball bat and a golf club while trying to steal his video game console.

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Holford will be sentenced May 6 and faces 48 to 70 years in prison.

Austin Holford and Luke Jonah Pelham
Austin Holford and Luke Jonah Pelham (credit: Boulder Daily Camera)

The second suspect, Luke Pelham, is undergoing a competency evaluation.

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