Daughter Pleads Guilty in Mother's Murder

A 17-year-old girl from Middlebury has pleaded guilty to murder, conspiracy to commit murder, and criminal confinement in the death of her mother. According to testimony, one of the conspirators walked Barbara Jo Keim into a Kosciusko County cornfield in August of 2005 and shot her to death. Under the terms of a plea agreement, the daughter would be sentenced to 100 years in prison.