Marshall County woman gets 20 years in manslaughter plea
Marshall County woman gets 20 years in manslaughter plea
Updated: May. 23, 2018 at 3:38 PM CDT
MARSHALL COUNTY, AL (WAFF) - A Marshall County woman got 20 years in the strangulation death of her aunt.
Elizabeth Dawn Austin pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of manslaughter on Monday before a circuit judge.
She and Curtis Lee Austin were charged with murder of Judith McElroy Carranza, whose body was discovered in a shallow grave just over the Etowah County line in April 2015.
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Trial for Curtis Austin is set for August.
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