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Charge against Persia Nelson, Halo Branton's mother, upgraded to murder (w/ press conference)

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Persia Nelson, 24, was originally charged with second-degree manslaughter in Halo Branton's death. Nelson was arraigned Monday morning and ordered held on $500,000 bail. The baby had been dropped into a utility tunnel on the GE campus about eight feet to the bottom, where she there was standing water.

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Charge against Persia Nelson, Halo Branton's mother, upgraded to murder (w/ press conference)

Persia Nelson, 24, was originally charged with second-degree manslaughter in Halo Branton's death. But that charge was being upgraded to second-degree murder, depraved indifference to human life, Schenectady County District Attorney Robert Carney said in an afternoon press conference.

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