Mother Charged In Baby’s Death

The mother of a baby whose disappearance prompted an Amber Alert Sunday was arraigned on a second-degree manslaughter charge Monday morning in Schenectady City Court. Prosecutors have also filed a new charge of depraved indifference murder. According to WNYT, 24 year old Persia Nelson was charged less than a day after authorities found her 10-month-old baby, Halo Branton, on the General Electric campus. She was later pronounced dead.