News Grandmother, killed a year and a half ago, is left in home while family cashes checks, cops say April 9, 2019 BrieAnna J Frank, Arizona Republic Comments Off on Grandmother, killed a year and a half ago, is left in home while family cashes checks, cops say Police said 24-year-old Briar Aven and her mother, 46-year-old Tara Aven, admitted on Tuesday to killing 77-year-old Sandra Aven in late 2017.