A PLEA DEAL FOR A 25 YEAR OLD ALBUQUERQUE WOMAN ACCUSED IN THE 2009 MURDER OF HER MOTHER-IN-LAW. CATHLEEN "KIT" ROTH PLEADED GUILTY IN COURT ON WEDNESDAY TO KILLING 61 YEAR OLD ELLEN ROTH … AN ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER. ROTH WAS STRANGLED TO DEATH DURING AN AMBUSH AT HER HOME, THEN BURIED IN THE JEMEZ MOUNTAINS.
KIT ROTH PLEADED GUILTY TO SECOND DEGREE MURDER AND CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT FIRST DEGREE MURDER, AND OTHER CHARGES. SHE FACES UP TO 37 AND A HALF YEARS IN PRISON. ROTH'S CO-CONSPIRATORS HAVE ALREADY BEEN CONVICTED IN THE CASE.
