An Athens, Tennessee, woman is behind bars in Roane County on a first-degree murder charge in the death of her 75-year-old mother, who was found dead with a wound to her neck, according to state and local authorities.
Marie Ann Hefner, 50, is being held without bond in the death of her mother, Bertha Lodewegen, whose body was found April 21 by a person who called 911 upon the discovery, according to Susan Niland, spokesperson for the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.
Roane County Sheriff’s Office / Marie Ann Hefner, 50, of Athens, Tenn.Roane County Sheriff’s Office deputies were called to Lodewegen’s home in Rockwood, where they found Lodewegen deceased, according to Niland.
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District Attorney General Russell Johnson requested the state agency join the probe with county detectives and the District Attorney’s Office investigator, Niland said.