A tragedy has rocked the community of Schenectady, New York, where a 24-year-old mother, Persia Nelson, faces a charge of involuntary manslaughter in the death of her 11-month-old daughter, Halo Branton. The woman allegedly threw her down an access area into a 10-foot pipe with mud and water at the bottom and left her there to “essentially die.”
Nelson pleaded not guilty in Schenectady Municipal Court on Monday morning, amid a case that has shocked the region. reported Law&Crime.
Halo Branton was reported missing on Sunday, when an Amber Alert was issued shortly after 10 a.m. The alert indicated that the girl had last been seen near 12th Street and Campbell Avenue in Schenectady., around 9:30 pm on Saturday. Local authorities, along with the New York State Police and the FBI, conducted an intensive search of the area.
Tragically, the girl was found around 1 p.m. Sunday on the General Electric campus. Paramedics took her to the hospital, where doctors pronounced her dead, Schenectady Police Lt. Ryan Macherone told reporters.
A criminal complaint obtained and disclosed by Law&Crime revealed that lGirl died after Nelson dumped her into a 10-foot-deep “pipe access area” filled with water and mud at the bottomlocated on the General Electric campus, about 3 miles from where she was reported missing.
He has a second child
Police took Nelson into custody Sunday morning, and an arraignment was held Monday in which a prosecutor with the Schenectady County District Attorney’s Office claimed Nelson had dumped the baby in the driveway. to the pipe and “he left the child there to essentially die.”
Prosecutors noted that additional charges may be filed once the autopsy is completed, according to Law&Crime.
A judge set Nelson’s bail at $500,000 cash and $1 million bond. arguing that he could pose a flight risk since he does not have a job and moved to the area in November to live with a boyfriend.
Nelson has a second child of whom he does not have custody and with whom he has “limited contact,” according to prosecutors.
Devastated family
The girl’s father’s family is devastated by the tragedy. A cousin said to Albany Times-Union Halo She was “beautiful, charming, very intelligent” and looked a lot like her fatherwho had been fighting for custody.
Macherone declined to reveal who reported the girl missing. The New York State Police, in announcing the Amber Alert, said Halo was “taken under circumstances that lead police to believe they are in imminent danger of serious harm and/or death.”
Although it was initially reported that the girl was found safe and sound after canceling the alert, the New York State Police edited their social media posts to indicate that “Halo has been located.”
Nelson’s next court date is scheduled for Thursdayaccording to Law&Crime, in the midst of a community that is still trying to understand and process the tragedy that has claimed the life of an innocent 11-month-old girl.
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