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Homicide: Newborn babys body found hidden in south Abilene home
POSTED: 6:12 PM Jan 18 2016 UPDATED: 8:44 AM Jan 19 2016
Police say they found the dead baby hidden inside a home in the 400 block of South 25th Street. They say there was visible trauma to the body.
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Abilene man charged with murder in connection to dead newborn
POSTED: 12:47 AM Jan 19 2016 UPDATED: 4:54 PM Jan 19 2016
Abilene Police Department Sgt. Lynn Beard confirmed that 22-year-old Damian Scott Cate was arrested late Monday evening and charged with first-degree murder.
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Cate was charged with first degree felony murder and second degree felony tampering with evidence. He was taken to the Taylor County Jail. No bond information was available.
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Abilene police arrest mother of dead newborn for murder
Jan 19 2016 04:34:44 PM CST Updated On: Jan 21 2016 07:53:18 AM CST
Abilene police took 18-year-old Amber Craker into custody in connection with the dead newborn found in a south Abilene house Monday. Craker is the birth mother of the dead female baby, police said in a news release.
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Police went to her residence and found the baby dead inside, along with placenta stuck in a sewage drain. The body was sent to the Tarrant County Medical Examiner's Office for an autopsy.
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Warrant indicates mother, others may be charged in Abilene murder
Jan 19 2016 10:51:25 AM CST Updated On: Jan 19 2016 10:57:33 PM CST
A search warrant affidavit obtained Tuesday by KTXS also indicates three others may also face charges.
"This investigation is ongoing and more arrests are probable," the Abilene Police Department said in a news release Tuesday afternoon.
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Consent was given for police to search the residence and items located in plain view led police to seek the search warrant.
Among the items were a towel and sheet in the washer that appeared to be covered in fresh blood," blood on the laundry room floor and the floor of the bedroom that Amber Craker and Damian Cate shared. In addition, police found a knife with blood on it, according to the warrant.
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According to the warrant, Amber Craker finally admitted to a detective that she had given birth to a baby in her bedroom and that after she gave birth she tried to flush the baby down the toilet, the warrant said.
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POSTED: 6:12 PM Jan 18 2016 UPDATED: 8:44 AM Jan 19 2016
Police say they found the dead baby hidden inside a home in the 400 block of South 25th Street. They say there was visible trauma to the body.
[...]
Abilene man charged with murder in connection to dead newborn
POSTED: 12:47 AM Jan 19 2016 UPDATED: 4:54 PM Jan 19 2016
Abilene Police Department Sgt. Lynn Beard confirmed that 22-year-old Damian Scott Cate was arrested late Monday evening and charged with first-degree murder.
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Cate was charged with first degree felony murder and second degree felony tampering with evidence. He was taken to the Taylor County Jail. No bond information was available.
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Abilene police arrest mother of dead newborn for murder
Jan 19 2016 04:34:44 PM CST Updated On: Jan 21 2016 07:53:18 AM CST
Abilene police took 18-year-old Amber Craker into custody in connection with the dead newborn found in a south Abilene house Monday. Craker is the birth mother of the dead female baby, police said in a news release.
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Police went to her residence and found the baby dead inside, along with placenta stuck in a sewage drain. The body was sent to the Tarrant County Medical Examiner's Office for an autopsy.
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Warrant indicates mother, others may be charged in Abilene murder
Jan 19 2016 10:51:25 AM CST Updated On: Jan 19 2016 10:57:33 PM CST
A search warrant affidavit obtained Tuesday by KTXS also indicates three others may also face charges.
"This investigation is ongoing and more arrests are probable," the Abilene Police Department said in a news release Tuesday afternoon.
[...]
Consent was given for police to search the residence and items located in plain view led police to seek the search warrant.
Among the items were a towel and sheet in the washer that appeared to be covered in fresh blood," blood on the laundry room floor and the floor of the bedroom that Amber Craker and Damian Cate shared. In addition, police found a knife with blood on it, according to the warrant.
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According to the warrant, Amber Craker finally admitted to a detective that she had given birth to a baby in her bedroom and that after she gave birth she tried to flush the baby down the toilet, the warrant said.
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