The last suspect in 2019 shot the death of a 72-year-old woman in Ardmore

Madison Co., Ala. (Waff) – One of the three men who were guilty of murdering a grandmother in 2019 was convicted on Monday.

In addition to Adrian Lopez and Quintin Courtney, Khalde Holden was arrested in Ardmore because of the shooting at 72-year-old Dianne Ballard.

All three were charged with capital murder and the first degree.

The investigators say the three went to the house in Elkwood section to get a drug transaction.

Holden had met with the victim's grandson in her house to buy marijuana when the other two were charged with weapons, the investigators said.

An investigator said that Holden went into the house and looked at the drugs for almost 30 minutes. Holden then left the room, and then Courtney and Lopez came in with rifles.

Ballard tried to defend her house by getting a gun out, but she was shot several times.

Holden guilty of murder and robbery. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Monday.

Lopez was sentenced to 40 years in the Department of Corrections in Alabama. It will be entitled to probation in 2034.

Courtney was sentenced to 30 years in the Department of Corrections in Alabama. It will be entitled to probation in 2034.

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