The mother accused of murdering baby Halo Branton by abandoning her on the General Electric campus in Schenectady last month was arraigned in Schenectady County Court Thursday.
24-year-old Persia Nelson, accused of killing her 10-month-old baby girl Halo Branton, pleaded not guilty to all charges in an arraignment at Schenectady County
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Persia Nelson, 24, was originally charged with second-degree manslaughter in Halo Branton s death. But that charge was being upgraded to second-degree murder, depraved indifference to human life, Schenectady County District Attorney Robert Carney said in an afternoon press conference.