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A former Clay County woman Lena Lynn Peek has pleaded guilty in Charleston to
first-degree murder for fatally stabbing a blind woman last spring, then stealing a
few dollars from her home.
Peek, 35, told Kanawha Circuit Judge Duke Bloom that she went to Effie
McClanahan's front door to ask for a cup of sugar last March.
When the 72-year-old returned with the cup of brown sugar, Peek apparently
stabbed her.
Bloom sentenced Peek to life in prison with mercy. She will be eligible for parole in
15 years.
McClanahan, a vendor at the state Department of Health and Human Resources
vending stands, was found after she failed to show up for work.
In 1993, Peek, then a Bomont, Clay County resident, was charged with trying to sell
her 1-month-old baby for $1,400.
State Police set up a sting and undercover troopers purchased the child from her
before making the arrest after Peek's mother alerted them.
She said she needed the money to buy a mobile home.
Peek reportedly has five children, ages, 15, 14, 13, 12 and 10.
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