In Smith County, Tracy Lane Beatty, 43, was sentenced...

In Smith County, Tracy Lane Beatty, 43, was sentenced to death this afternoon for murdering his mother and burying her body in their backyard. Beatty was convicted of capital murder on august 6 for beating and strangling his 62-year-old mother, Carolyn Ruth Click, to death on Nov. 25. He also stole her car, drained her credit and bank accounts and gave away her personal items, making it a capital offense.