71-Year Old Woman Convicted Of Murder

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A Lumberton woman faces up to life in prison after being convicted of murder. A Jefferson

County jury has convicted 71-year old Elizabeth Taylor for the October 2017 shooting

death of her common law husband, 58-year old Larry Atwood. Taylor, who claimed self-

defense, shot Atwood and pushed him from a moving vehicle on Eastex Freeway. The

punishment phase of the trial begins this morning.


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