A McKeesport man will spend 15 to 30 years in prison for strangling his girlfriend during a fight over drugs and money, then dumping her body in an outdoor trash bin.

Joseph John Natale, 28, was sentenced after pleading guilty yesterday to third-degree murder and abuse of a corpse.

Authorities say he beat and strangled 22-year-old Amanda Lynn Faux. Her body was found Jan. 6 by a man retrieving papers from the trash bin outside her apartment building.

Police say Mr. Natale confessed to grabbing Ms. Faux around the neck after she hit him over the head with a glass pitcher.