Joyce Garrard, Gadsden woman convicted in girl’s running death, dies
Source: Associated Press
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A Gadsden woman serving life without parole in her granddaughter’s running death has died.
A prison spokesman says 50-year-old Joyce Hardin Garrard died Friday, five days after being stricken at the state’s women’s prison.
The cause of death wasn’t immediately available, but defense attorney Dani Bone says Garrard apparently suffered a heart attack.
Garrard was convicted of killing 9-year-old Savannah Hardin by making her run as punishment for a lie about eating candy in 2012. Evidence during a trial last year showed the girl ran for hours outside Garrard’s home in rural northeastern Alabama.
Read more: http://whnt.com/2016/02/12/joyce-garrard-gadsden-woman-convicted-in-girls-running-death-dies/
She died way too soon! I can't imagine a more hellish sentence than being in a women's prison for killing your 9yo grandchild.
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