Mom Dropped Infant Down 8 Foot Tunnel on Industrial Research Campus, Now Learns Fate for Murder

Halo Nelson was found at an industrial facility in March 2024 after an AMBER alert was issued in her disappearance

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  • Halo Nelson was 11-months-old when she was found half-submerged in water at the bottom of a pipe-like structure
  • Her mother Persia Nelson was convicted in October of killing her
  • At her sentencing this week, Persia accepted responsibility for her actions, apologizing to her family

A woman has been sentenced by a New York judge months after she was convicted of killing her 11-year-old child at an industrial research facility.

Halo Nelson was found “inside a utility tunnel structure” on the General Electric campus in Schenectady, N.Y. on March 11, 2024. She died after being taken to a hospital.

Her mother Persia Nelson was convicted in October of murder, manslaughter and endangering the welfare of a child, WNYT, News 10 and the Times Union reported…

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