A man to spend another 25 years in custordy after 30 years in prison,

Man beats his mum to death
two days after being
released from Prison after
30-year murder sentence

Two days after completing a
30-year prison sentence for
a 1984 murder conviction, a
New Jersey man allegedly
killed his 64-year-old
mother.
On Wednesday, Steven Pratt,
47, pleaded guilty to
manslaughter, admitting his
role in his mother's beating
death, police say.
A statement from
prosecutors obtained by
PEOPLE confirms Pratt, an
Atlantic City resident who
lived with his mother,
repeatedly struck his mother
Gwendolyn Pratt in the head
the morning of Oct. 12,
2014. Police responded to
the Pratt home that morning
and found Gwendolyn's
lifeless body inside.
The statement says officers
immediately took Pratt into
custody and an autopsy later
revealed the victim died from
blunt force trauma to the
head.
Pratt faces 25 more years
behind bars when he is
sentenced within the next
few months, police say.
On Oct. 10, 2014, Pratt was
released from a New Jersey
prison, where he'd spent the
previous three decades for
the fatal shooting of Michael
Anderson.
When he was 15, Anderson
caught Pratt smoking
marijuana with friends and
confronted the boy.
During that incident, Pratt
struck Anderson in the face
with a lead pipe. After being
hit, Anderson retreated, but
hours later, Pratt knocked on
his apartment's door. When
he opened it, Pratt shot
Anderson.