Halo Branton’s mom faces upgraded murder charge after missing New York girl found down tunnel at GE plant
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Persia Nelson is charged with murder in the death of her daughter Halo Branton, who was found down a tunnel on a General Electric campus.
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Carney said an autopsy showed the 11-month-old girl died of exposure and hypothermia, but the child did not drown, the Daily Gazette reported.
The district attorney detailed how the girl had been dropped into a utility tunnel on the General Electric campus in Schenectady, New York, which dropped about eight feet to the bottom. Branton was found in standing water that came up to her chest and around her head – but not her face, according to Carney.