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Galveston crime: Channel Yonko sentenced to life behind bars in connection to the death of her child<\/h1>\n

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The Brief<\/h4>\n

A Galveston County jury returned their verdict after a mother was charged in the death of her baby.<\/span>
\nChannel Yonko was sentenced to life behind bars Friday after being found guilty of capital murder in the death of 17-month-old Hannah Yonko.<\/span>
\nAccording to the arrest affidavit, Channel was accused of intentionally dropping her daughter from the balcony of a hotel in October 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n

GALVESTON COUNTY, Texas<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<\/span>A Galveston County jury returned their verdict after a mother was charged in the death of her baby.<\/p>\n

Channel Yonko found guilty in death of her child<\/h2>\n

Channel Yonko was sentenced to life behind bars Friday after being found guilty of capital murder in the death of her daughter,17-month-old Hannah Yonko.<\/p>\n

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The backstory:<\/p>\n

According to the arrest affidavit, Channel was accused of intentionally dropping her daughter from the balcony of a hotel in October 2024.<\/p>\n

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The affidavit stated that video showed the girl appearing to fall from the third floor to the ground below.<\/p>\n

According to the affidavit, the girl also had three puncture wounds.<\/p>\n

Hannah was rushed to the hospital by EMS after she was found on the pavement on 59th Street, just off of Seawall Boulevard.<\/p>\n

She was taken to UTMB Galveston\u2019s trauma center, where she was pronounced dead a short time later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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