A Lynn man admitted in Salem Superior Court Thursday that he murdered his 80-year-old mother, according to Essex County District Attorney Paul Tucker’s office.

Alfredo Paratore, 53, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and was sentenced to life in state prison with the possibility of parole after 25 years, the district attorney’s office wrote in a statement.

The killing occurred on June 11, 2021, when Lynn police responded to a call and found Katherine Paratore dead and with “multiple traumatic injuries,” the statement reads.

Alfredo Paratore was the one who called police to the Jenness Street home on the night of the murder, and by the time police arrived, Katherine Paratore had been dead for some time, the Boston Globe reported.

Alfredo Paratore was hospitalized that night for a suspected Suboxone overdose, the newspaper added.

Representing the commonwealth, Prosecutor Kate MacDougall “told the court that the plea spared the victim’s family from having to endure a prolonged and difficult trial,” the attorney’s office said.

During Thursday’s sentencing, multiple family members expressed hope that Katherine Paratore will be remembered for the caring and dependable person that she was in life,” the statement read.