Steven Elliot Laffin pleads guilty to 2010 murder of Nadine Anne Taylor

HALIFAX – Steven Elliot Laffin has pleaded guilty to the murder of a Halifax-area sex worker in 2010.

Laffin pleaded guilty in Nova Scotia Supreme Court on Thursday to a second-degree murder charge, in the death of 29-year-old Nadine Anne Taylor.

He was automatically sentenced to life in prison. A parole eligibility hearing will be held on April 25.

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Taylor was reported missing on July 31, 2010, days after she left an apartment to use a payphone to call a friend.

Laffin was charged with her murder in October of that year.

On Friday, Laffin led police investigators to human remains buried in a wooded area off Inletview Drive, in East Chezzetcook.

The remains have not been officially identified, but it is believed they are the remains of Taylor.

*With files from The Canadian Press