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JPD arrests man for capital crime against one-year-old child

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The Jackson Police Department and the U.S. Marshal Task Force have arrested a man for the murder of a one-year-old in Jackson. The JPD announced that 31-year-old Herman Coleman, also known as Herman Arthur Gardner, was arrested and charged with capital murder.

On December 21, 2023, the JPD launched an investigation after a child was brutally beaten in the 3500 block of Sunset Drive. The one-year-old protégé, Hunter, died and her mother, Yolanda Hunter, was charged with felony child abuse in December. Her bail was set at $10,000.

Yolanda Jaeger

At the time of the child's death, four other children were found in the apartment and placed in the care of the youth welfare office. The cause of death was liver injury caused by blunt force trauma.

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