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HOLLIDAYSBURG, Pa. (AP) — A central Pennsylvania woman has pleaded guilty to third-degree murder in the shooting death of her elderly mother. Forty-nine-year-old Tracy Stephenson was scheduled to stand trial in about two weeks before unexpectedly pleading guilty Thursday in Blair County. The Altoona woman's attorney had previously said he might pursue a mental health defense for Stephenson who told police she shot 71-year-old Barbara Elias because she believed the woman was poisoning and harassing her. The shooting occurred Nov. 19, 2014. Stephenson will now face up to 40 years in prison when she's sentenced March 18. The prosecution had earlier said it would seek a first-degree murder conviction, which would carry an automatic life sentence without parole.

Pennsylvania woman guilty of 3rd degree in mother's slaying