Trial for mom accused of dropping baby down drainage pipe to start September 29

SCHENECTADY, N.Y (WNYT)- Persia Nelson’s trial is scheduled to start September 29 in Schenectady County Court.

The mom is accused of dropping her 11-month-old, Halo, down a drainage pipe in the middle of winter on the General Electric campus. Baby Halo was taken to Ellis Hospital where she died from exposure and hypothermia.

Police said they later found Nelson in a heated room nearby claiming she didn’t know how she got there or where her baby was…

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