NYC electrician pleads guilty to killing his mother — after claiming she tried to commit suicide: report

A Staten Island electrician on Monday finally admitted he killed his elderly mother — after trying to convince authorities he put her out of her misery amid a botched suicide attempt, according to reports.

Carl Sutera, 60, pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter in the strangulation death of his doting mom Rosalie Sutera, court records show.

The plea caps a bizarre and tragic case that began when the 80-year-old great-grandmother was found dead in her home in January 2024.

Sutera originally told cops he believed his mother hit herself on an end table and, suspiciously, said the family “wouldn’t want an autopsy,” the Staten Island Advance first reported.

But Sutera’s tale changed after NYPD officers arrested him days later on suspicions that he murdered his mother, the paper reported.

The hulking Sutera claimed he found her unconscious with the belt of her robe wrapped around her neck, according to the report.

Believing Rosalie Sutera tried to kill herself, her son told police he “helped her from suffering,” the report states, citing court documents.

“I went with my arm,” he said, according to the report. “It did not take long.”

Prosecutors pursued murder and strangulation charges against Carl Sutera, but those were dropped when he copped to the manslaughter plea.

He’ll be sentenced to 11 years in prison on Oct. 29 under the plea agreement, the Staten Island Advance reported.