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Parents Charged with Murder After Infant Suffocated in Houston Motel Dresser Drawer

Investigators say the baby was repeatedly confined in a towel-sealed drawer to muffle her cries before succumbing to suffocation

Destiny Campos and Jeremy Fancher were charged with murder over a year after their four-month-old infant was found unresponsive inside a dresser drawer.
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Overview

  • Jeremy Fancher and Destiny Campos were arrested June 20 and 21 nearly 13 months after their 4-month-old daughter, Brookelynn, was found dead in a Days Inn dresser drawer
  • Harris County Institute of Forensic Science ruled the cause of death as suffocation after court records revealed the couple sealed the drawer with a towel to quiet the infant
  • Campos, who is seven months pregnant, is jailed on a $300,000 bond and is scheduled to appear in Harris County court on June 25
  • Fancher remains held on an $850,000 bond at Tom Green County Jail pending transfer back to Houston for prosecution
  • Marilyn Jennifer Mork, Fancher’s girlfriend, was arrested on hindering apprehension charges over the weekend and later released on bond