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Mom gets life sentence for murder of 4-year-old
An Athens woman was sentenced Monday to life imprisonment with the possibility of parole after pleading guilty in ... Read more
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Mom who entered insanity plea in girl’s murder had extreme bipolar depression
An Athens woman who entered an insanity plea in her murder case Wednesday in Limestone County Circuit Court ... Read more
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Athens mom indicted on capital murder for smothering child
A Limestone County grand jury has formally charged an Athens woman who confessed in April to killing her ... Read more
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Athens police surprised mom confessed to killing daughter
Athens Police Chief Floyd Johnson had never had a person walk into the Police Department and confess to ... Read more
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Athens mom confesses to smothering 4-year-old daughter in 2016
The mother accused of suffocating her 4-year-old daughter — Zadie Wren Cooper — in 2016 walked into the ... Read more
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UPDATE: Athens woman charged with capital murder in daughter’s death
An Athens woman has been arrested tonight on a charge of capital murder in the 2016 death of ... Read more