POPLARVILLE, Miss. (WLOX) - A Gulfport man was sentenced Thursday on capital murder and child neglect charges.

District Attorney Hal Kittrell announced Tuesday that 27-year-old Takoda Jordan Miller pleaded guilty to the charges in Pearl River County Circuit Court before Judge Brad Touchstone.

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Miller was sentenced to life in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) without the possibility of parole or early release, plus five years.

Miller’s co-defendant, 24-year-old Kendra Makayla Beck, from Poplarville, pleaded guilty to the same charges on September 27, 2024, and was given the same sentence.

The case began on October 6, 2021, when a 911 call for medical assistance was made. A

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