Joyce Garrard

Autopsy on Grandmother Held in Girl’s Death to Take Weeks

It will be weeks before an autopsy reveals what killed an Alabama woman who was serving life without parole for the running death of her 9-year-old granddaughter. Alabama prison spokesman Bob Horton said Tuesday that an autopsy on 50-year-old Joyce Hardin Garrard could take six to eight weeks. Garrard died Friday, five days after being taken to a hospital from…

Alabama Woman Convicted in Girl’s Running Death Dies

An Alabama woman serving life without parole in her granddaughter’s running death has died. A prison spokesman says 50-year-old Joyce Hardin Garrard died Friday, five days after being stricken at the state’s women’s prison. The cause of death wasn’t immediately available, but defense attorney Dani Bone says Garrard apparently suffered a heart attack. Garrard was convicted of killing 9-year-old Savannah…