Mother allegedly died from neglect Daughter faces murder trial

Tuesday, August 29, 2017

A Poplar Bluff woman will stand trial for second degree murder and second degree elder abuse stemming from the December 2016 death of her mother, 87-year-old Theresa Smothers. Associate Circuit Judge Thomas Swindle made the ruling Monday following a preliminary hearing for Judy Ann Smothers, 66, in the Butler County Courthouse.

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