Wheeler CowperthwaiteFor the Alamogordo News A Cloudcroft woman will spend 18 years in prison after pleading guilty to second-degree murder for killing her husband in 2025. Deana Thetford, 61, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, tampering with evidence and forgery on June 4. The binding plea deal set her sentence at 18 years for killing Craig Thetford, 60. After accepting the plea, District Judge Stephen Ochoa sentenced. According to audio l…