GALVESTON, Texas — A Galveston County jury has found a Houston woman guilty of capital murder in the death of her 17-month-old daughter, resulting in an automatic sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole.
On the morning of March 6, 2026, a jury convicted 32-year-old Channel Jasmine Yonko of the capital murder of her daughter, Hannah Yonko, following a week-long trial in the 212th Judicial District Court presided over by Judge Patricia Grady.
The case stems from an incident on October 23, 2024, when Galveston police responded to reports of a baby found in the street near 59th Street and Seawall Boulevard. Officers arrived to find the child suffering from a severe head wound and stab wounds to her back…