TRIAL SET FOR OTTUMWA MOTHER ACCUSED OF KILLING HER 5-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER

Trial set for Ottumwa mother accused of killing her 5-year-old daughter

An Ottumwa woman accused of killing her 5-year-old daughter will stand trial in February.  A Wapello County Judge ruled Monday that 22-year-old Kelsie Thomas will go on trial February 12 for first degree murder.  Thomas was arrested this past July after he daughter, Cloe Chandler, was found hanging in a closet in her home.  Thomas remains in custody in Wapello County.  If she’s convicted, Thomas will face a mandatory life sentence.

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