Man pleads guilty in sailboat beating death

WARWICK ( AP) — A Warwick man has pleaded guilty to murder for fatally beating a man aboard a sailboat over lottery winnings.

Attorney General Peter Kilmartin says 46-year-old Troy Gunderway pleaded guilty Wednesday to murder and conspiracy to commit robbery in the August 2015 death of 70-year-old Fernando Silva.

Prosecutors say Gunderway and another man, Richard Baribault, went to the marina to rob Silva, also known as "Captain Freddy," on his boat after he won several hundred dollars playing Keno. Silva was beaten in the process and died of his injuries.

Prosecutors say Gunderway later piloted the boat into Warwick Cove, abandoned it and rowed ashore in a dinghy. The harbormaster later found Silva's decomposed body. The case against Baribault is pending. Gunderway faces a maximum sentence of life in prison.