MOUNT PLEASANT, Texas (KETK) - A man has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole on Wednesday for the 2023 murder of a 23-month-old girl, according to Titus County officials.

The Mount Pleasant Police Department said they received information about the death of a 23-month-old girl at a local hospital on July 2, 2023. Jermaine Tyrelle Hooks was then arrested for capital murder in connection with the girl's death and booked into the Titus County Jail on Oct. 12, 2023.

The girl's mother, Chelsea Lashaun Davis, was also arrested in October 2023 on a charge of interfering with public duties. Davis later entered a plea deal on May 14, 2024, to pay a $300 fine and $270 in court costs to defer adjudication of a potential 90-day sentence.

“After receiving the informati

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