- Lori Lee Donlay pleaded guilty to manslaughter for stabbing her mother in Taylorsville in 2020.
- Her plea considered her mental illness and reduced her charge from murder to manslaughter, dismissing a charge for aggravated robbery.
- Third District Judge Kristine Johnson ordered a treatment assessment and ruled her sentencing could be delayed based on her treatments.
SALT LAKE CITY — A woman pleaded guilty to killing her elderly mother in Taylorsville, but the plea considered that she was affected by a mental condition at the time.
Lori Lee Donlay, 63, was charged in November 2020 with murder and accused of stabbing her mother, 84-year-old Carol Donlay, to death. Police received a report of a woman in cardiac arrest but found her instead deceased with multiple stab wounds.
As part of Lori Donlay’s plea deal, the murder charge was reduced and she pleaded guilty to manslaughter, a second-degree felony. Prosecutors also agreed to let her plead guilty with a mental illness and dismiss a charge for aggravated robbery, a first-degree felony…