HASTINGS — A Congolese man accused of strangling his girlfriend and taking a selfie with her corpse has pleaded guilty to murder in southeastern Minnesota.

The Star Tribune says Marc Amouri Bakambia admitted killing Dorothy Redd in August 2014 after she ended their relationship.

Bakambia pleaded guilty to second-degree murder Tuesday after a nine-day trial.

Dakota County prosecutors say the 29-year-old Bakambia will serve a 30-year prison sentence and then be deported to Congo.

Redd’s mother found her 24-year-old daughter’s body in her West St. Paul home. Investigators say they later found a photo on Bakambia’s cellphone of him lying next to Redd’s body.