Killer daughter found dead in house A Townsville woman who killed her own mother during an argument over a phone has died.
Crime by Shayla Bulloch
Premium Content A WOMAN who killed her own mother during an argument over a phone has died. Alva Dodd, 42, stabbed her mother Ruth, 71, in the neck at her Heatley home on January 2, 2015. Dodd was high on drugs when she started arguing with her mum, a dedicated volunteer, over a phone, when she took a knife and plunged it into her mother s neck. The knife partly severed an artery. After she killed her mother, Dodd dropped the knife, had a shower, and drove her mum s car to someone s house, telling them she had taken care of one of her problems.