On Thursday, a Texas father was cleared of a murder charge in the asphyxiation death of his 2-year-old daughter after prosecutors learned that his 7-year-old son admitted being responsible, People confirms.
The capital murder charge against Anthony Michael Sanders was dismissed, a spokeswoman from the Tarrant County District Attorney’s Office tells People. According to NBC 4, Sanders’ son said that when he was 5 years old, he rolled a heavy pillow onto his sister Ellie’s face and couldn’t remove it.
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The capital murder charge against Anthony Michael Sanders was dismissed, a spokeswoman from the Tarrant County District Attorney’s Office tells People. According to NBC 4, Sanders’ son said that when he was 5 years old, he rolled a heavy pillow onto his sister Ellie’s face and couldn’t remove it.
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- 10/6/2017
- by Maria Pasquini
- PEOPLE.com
On Friday, a Texas father was charged with capital murder in the death of his 2-year-old daughter, whom he'd been watching at their Watauga, Texas home last December. The cause of death of 2-year-old Ellie Sanders was asphyxiation, according to an arrest affidavit by the Watauga Police Department. Anthony Michael Sanders, her father, remains behind bars, with bail set for $1 million. Watauga Police Sgt. Jason Babcock says authorities believe Ellie may have disrupted Sanders's computer game, which allegedly sent Sanders into a rage. "What he was doing that day is what he did most days," Babcock says, referring to his gaming hobby.
- 4/26/2016
- by Darla Atlas, @djatlas
- PEOPLE.com
On Friday, a Texas father was charged with capital murder in the death of his 2-year-old daughter, whom he'd been watching at their Watauga, Texas home last December. The cause of death of 2-year-old Ellie Sanders was asphyxiation, according to an arrest affidavit by the Watauga Police Department. Anthony Michael Sanders, her father, remains behind bars, with bail set for $1 million. Watauga Police Sgt. Jason Babcock says authorities believe Ellie may have disrupted Sanders's computer game, which allegedly sent Sanders into a rage. "What he was doing that day is what he did most days," Babcock says, referring to his gaming hobby.
- 4/26/2016
- by Darla Atlas, @djatlas
- PEOPLE.com
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