Alder takes plea deal for murder of 60 year old woman
She was a life insurance beneficiary of the victim
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) – Joanna Michelle Alder has pleaded guilty to murdering a 60 year old woman three years ago.
The victim was killed in her home in Lookout Valley in January of 2019.
Prosecutors say she suffered nine blows to the head and two stab wounds to the head.
Police officers found her bleeding in her recliner chair.
Prosecutors say that Alder was one of the beneficiaries of the woman’s life insurance policy.
Alder agree to serve 30 years in state prison at 100% of the sentence in the plea agreement.
