Prosecutor: Ex-boyfriend confesses to NYU slaying

NEW YORK - The ex-boyfriend charged with killing a New York University professor's daughter faced a judge in a hospital gown, his fidgety presence beamed into a courtroom via closed-circuit television.

Michael Cordero remained hospitalized and on suicide watch during his arraignment on murder charges. Manhattan Criminal Court Judge Melissa Jackson ordered Cordero, 23, held without bail.

A prosecutor said Cordero had given detailed written and videotaped confessions explaining how he killed 20-year-old Boitumelo McCallum and left her body to decompose in a campus apartment.