Blue Mounds woman pleads guilty to killing her mother

MADISON (WKOW) — A woman accused of stabbing and killing her own mother was found guilty of first-degree intentional homicide.

Sierra Schoonover , 31, of Blue Mounds, pleaded guilty, but not guilty by reason of insanity, on Tuesday to the homicide charge. The court dismissed the domestic enhancer on the charge and found her guilty.

Bail was continued. A status conference is scheduled for Oct. 23, where the court will address the insanity portion of her plea.

"Whenever someone enters a not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect plea, it's coupled with a plea that goes to whether the crime was committed or not, okay, because the not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect, goes to whether the person understood the wrongfulness of their acts and could conform their behavior to