Fort Smith woman pleads guilty in substitute teacher’s death

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FORT SMITH (AP) – A 22-year-old Fort Smith woman has pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and was sentenced to 40 years in prison for the beating death of a former long-time substitute teacher.  Taylor Cynthia Elkins was sentenced Thursday as part of a plea agreement with prosecutors. She had faced a possible life term if convicted of the July 2019 death of 72-year-old William Dubois in his Fort Smith home.

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