MOORHEAD, Minn. (AP) — A Moorhead man has been sentenced to 30 ½ years in prison for the murder of a 19-year-old woman who prosecutors say was killed and dismembered.

KFGO radio reports 28-year-old Ethan Broad was sentenced on Friday. Authorities recovered her remains  from a landfill in April 2020. Authorities say Broad had confessed to killing and dismembering Avery, but he said it was an act of self-defense.

Dystynee Avery, Authorities say he cut up her body with a saw, put the remains into garbage bags and dumped them in bins near his apartment in south Moorhead, near the border with North Dakota.

Ethan Broad Photo, Clay County Jail via AP