VERSAILLES — Stover resident Jamie Litton will face a first-degree murder charge in the death of her son after a Morgan County judge ruled the state had enough evidence against her to proceed.
During a preliminary hearing Tuesday three witnesses testified for the state in the charge that Litton, “acting knowingly ... after deliberation knowingly caused the death of (her child) by beating (the child) and then failing to seek apparent and necessary medical treatment ...”
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