Yesterday, Sparkle Daniel was sentenced to 25 to life for the murder of a 91-year-old woman in 2003. Prosecutors say Daniel and another woman forced wine down Nellie Hocutt's throat before stuffing cloth in her mouth and suffocating her with a plastic bag. Horcutt was also tied to a chair with tape and a telephone cord, and Daniel and her accomplice stole a gold chain and some towels. Horcutt's granddaughter said, "Sparkle, I hope you spend the rest of your life thinking about our grandma."
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