Casey Parsons pleaded guilty to murdering her 13-year-old adopted daughter, Erica Parsons, on Friday, according to WBTV- and will spend the rest of her life in prison.
Casey Parsons offered her guilty plea to charges of murder and child abuse almost six years to the day since the girl was reported missing,
Authorities discovered the skeletal remains of the Rowan County girl in September 2017.
Erica Parsons was last seen in November 2011 but her family didn’t report her missing until July 2013. The Parsons had claimed the girl went to live in Asheville with a woman they believed to be her biological grandmother, but that woman has never materialized.