DALE COUNTY, Ala. — An Alabama man received a life sentence for killing his mother and then dismembering and burning her body in 2019.
WTVY says in May 2019, Penny Newton, 58, was allegedly murdered by her son, Chad Brogdon. He killed her and dismembered her body, then put her body parts in a freezer before he drove 20 miles and burned the car with her remains inside.
Dale County Circuit Judge William Filmore sentenced Brogdon to life plus 20 years. The 20 years WTVY says is for corpse abuse. Brogdon is also pending an Attempted Murder charge for allegedly attacking a Dale County Jail officer.
On Thursday, WSFA says it took a Dale County jury about half an hour to find Brogdon guilty of murder and corpse abuse.