Woman Sentenced To 60 Years

A woman has been sentenced to 60 years in prison for murder after a five-day trial.

The Randall County District Attorney announced the jury found Mollie Kristina Franklin guilty of murdering Richard Pedraza Garza on his 30th birthday, December 17, 2019.

Testimony was taken from the Texas Department of Public Safety on ballistics and DNA, as well as Amarillo Police.

Extra information received by the jury decided Franklin’s outcome in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

Franklin will not be eligible for parole, for 30 years, because of the nature of the crime.