NACOGDOCHES, Texas (KTRE) - A Nacogdoches woman will spend the rest of her life in jail for the death of her infant child. Hanna Rush Moses, 35, was indicted in 2023 for capital murder of a person under 10 years of age. According to the Nacogdoches County DA’s Office, Moses caused the death of her 19-month-old son in 2022. She was found guilty of the crime on Thursday, and was sentenced to life in prison. According to the DA’s release, Moses’s infant son, Thomas Blake Rogers, was born prematurely and was developmentally delayed. They say Moses called 911 on May 30, 2022, saying Rogers was not breathing and she had been attempting CPR for 30 minutes before calling. Responders found Rogers unresponsive, wet, and with his ankles bound, the release says. He was observed at a hospital to have bruises developing all over his body and was found to have significant brain bleeding. He died at a hospital on June 21, 2022. Moses’s case was prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Amy Wren. Her release thanked Assistant District Attorney Carrie Gilcrease, Nacogdoches Police Department, Nacogdoches Fire Department, Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office, and Cook Children’s Medical Center for their assistance in the trial. The trial was the result of nearly a year of investigation, the release says. Moses will not have the possibility of parole.
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