Mother hears daughter plotting killing

Published: May 9, 2008 at 1:40 AM

LEBANON, Tenn., May 9 (UPI) -- A judge in Tennessee has ruled that a grand jury should hear the charges against a young woman and two men who allegedly conspired to kill her mother.

Investigators said Lauren Morrow, 19, wanted to collect on her mother's life insurance, the Nashville Tennessean reported. She was also allegedly angry because Colleen Stribel of Castalian Springs wanted her to break off her relationship with Andy Bland, 24, who is also charged.

During a hearing Wednesday, Stribel, sitting in court, heard tape-recordings of discussions of the alleged murder plot. A voice police said was Morrow's said, at one point, "Just don't shoot her in the face."

Joshua Stubblefield, 18, allegedly agreed to carry out the killing. The investigation began in November when an informant told police that Stubblefield was trying to buy a gun.

Stribel and Morrow talked affectionately before and after the hearing, the newspaper said.

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