- Posted December 16, 2013
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Life, no parole for woman who killed rescuer
DETROIT (AP) -- A 25-year-old woman has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for killing a 71-year-old Detroit woman who rescued her from homelessness as a child.
Wayne County Circuit Judge Mark Slavens last Thursday gave Teresa Alvarez the mandatory penalty for first-degree murder.
Authorities say Alvarez killed Margaret Theut slain 17 years after she rescued the 8-year-old girl and her brother from homelessness.
Authorities say the killing was part of a plan to steal thousands of dollars Theut had saved to donate to charity. They say Alvarez dumped Theut's body on the outskirts of the same park where as a child she once stayed with her brother and grandparents.
Theut was a retired General Motors secretary who lived for years in a neighborhood two blocks from sprawling Rouge Park.
Published: Mon, Dec 16, 2013
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