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Texas Mother and Boyfriend Charged With Capital Murder After 3-Year-Old’s Death

Police cite medical findings that contradicted an accidental fall explanation.

Overview

  • McKinney Police said Dawson Zamora was taken off life support and pronounced dead at 10:42 a.m. on Dec. 7 at Medical City Dallas.
  • Chelsea Berg, 30, was rearrested on Dec. 8 and booked into the Collin County Jail, and Christopher Thomas Alexander, 30, has remained in custody since October.
  • Police said the injury-to-a-child counts for both defendants were upgraded to capital murder of a person under 10, and no bond had been set as of the latest reports.
  • Hospital staff reported severe brain trauma, intracranial bleeding, extensive bruising, and wounds on the child’s torso and genital area that did not align with Alexander’s account of hearing a “thud.”
  • Investigators obtained phone records showing prior texts about bruises and injuries, and earlier arrests in October included injury to a child for both and an additional tampering charge for Alexander.