The last defendant facing charges in the starvation death of a 25-year-old woman with cerebral palsy pleaded guilty Monday, the day before his trial was to begin.
An Elizabeth woman accepted a plea deal last month, agreeing to testify against her husband when he goes on trial in the 2018 neglect death of a woman with cerebral palsy.
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The trial of a woman accused in the 2018 neglect death of her adult daughter has been moved to later this year after her public defender quit last week.
Karen Johnson Harrison, 49, now will face an Oct. 18 trial on charges of second-degree murder, conspiracy to commit second-degree murder, cruelty to the infirm and cruelty to a juvenile.
She and two others, 54-year-old Marilyn Sue Maricle and 58-year-old Glen Elva Maricle, were arrested by the Rapides Parish Sheriff s Office in late November 2018 after a call about a natural death at the Plainview-area home where they all lived.
Deputies found the body of Cyra Shantelle Marie Harrison, 25, but notified detectives after seeing the state of the body and conditions at the home. Harrison s minor son also was living at the home.