Punishment phase begins in day care fire trial

Witness: Day care owner concealed criminal history

By: Associated Press - Texarkana Gazette

Next to her husband, Luis Hernandez, Keisha Brown, mother of 16-month-old day care fire victim, Elias Castillo, reacts Monday during closing arguments in the trial of home day care operator Jessica Tata for one count of felony murder at the Harris County Criminal Justice Center in Houston. Tata was ...

HOUSTON—A Texas woman convicted of murder for a fire that killed four children at her home day care lied in her application to run the business about having a juvenile record, which would have prevented her from getting a child care license, a former state official testified Wednesday.

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Published: 11/15/2012