A Carter County Jury Has Convicted A Man On A Lesser Charge In The Death Of An Elderly Woman. Chad Benfield Was Originally Charged With Two Counts Of First Degree Murder In The 2017 Death Of 89 Year Old Mary Nolan At Her Home In Elizabethton. But The Jury Convicted Benfield On Two Counts Of Criminally Negligent Homicide. He Will Be Sentenced On February 14th.