Upstate NY mom posted she was ‘drunk asf’ hours before missing baby found alone, dying in utility tunnel
NY Post
An upstate New York mother posted she was “drunk asf” on social media hours before her missing baby daughter was found dying in a cold, wet utility tunnel at an electric plant.
Persia Nelson, 24, is now facing murder charges in the tragic death of 11-month-old Halo Branton, who died after she was found by a search team in a utility tunnel at Schenectady’s General Electric plant with water her head, according to reports.
“I’m drunk asf don’t play with me right now lmfaooo,” had posted to Facebook to hours before Halo was found down the 8-foot tunnel where she was either dropped or hidden.
The disturbing ordeal began on Saturday night, when GE staff told police they found an unauthorized woman on the premises who said she had lost her child and had no memory of how she arrived there, according to The Times Union.
The baby was found after a desperate 12 hour multi-agency overnight search featuring drones and police dogs, authorities reportedly said.
But the rescue came too late for Halo, who died of exposure and hypothermia at a local hospital, authorities said.
