BAY MINETTE, Ala. — Capital murder suspect Troy MacDonald agreed to plead guilty today in the rape and murder of Brianna Parish, in exchange for the removal of the death penalty, according to a press release from the Baldwin County District Attorney’s Office.

MacDonald, 45, of Randall Avenue, Daphne, still must go to trial Nov. 29, and the state must prove his guilt to a jury under Alabama law.

Parish’s body was found Nov. 14, 2008, near the Daphne Utilities sewage plant.

A search team organized by Parish’s family discovered her half-naked body. She was last seen around 1 a.m. two days earlier at Bay House Pub.

The cause of death was blunt-force injuries to the head, according to court records.

MacDonald was arrested Dec. 23, 2008, and indicted Feb. 13, 2009.