A MOTHER AND SON HAVE EACH PLEADED GUILTY ON TUESDAY TO SECOND DEGREE MURDER AND CONSPIRACY IN THE DEATH OF A FAMILY MEMBER. THE BERNALILLO COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE SAYS ALISSA BICKETT AND DRAKE BICKETT BEAT AND STABBED 65 YEAR OLD MARILYN GANDERT TO DEATH IN JANUARY OF 2018. THE VICTIM’S BURNED BODY WAS LATER FOUND ON THE MESA WEST OF RIO RANCHO.
ALISSA BICKETT, THE VICTIM’S DAUGHTER IN LAW, FACES UP TO 36 YEARS IN PRISON. DRAKE BICKETT, THE VICTIM’S GRANDSON, COULD GET 30 YEARS. A THIRD DEFENDANT, ANNIE RAEL, IS AWAITING SENTENCING.
