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A former Logan resident is charged with murder in connection with the death of her baby
By: WOUB News Team
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — A Hocking County mother whose baby died after suffering severe head trauma has been charged with murder.
27-year-old Daisha Somers, previously of Logan, was arrested Friday on a 10-count felony indictment handed down by a Hocking County grand jury on Wednesday.
Somers’ 10-month-old daughter, Ka’myla, was taken to the hospital in November 2022 after suffering severe head trauma. She died three days later.
Somers is charged with two counts of murder, one count of involuntary manslaughter, one count of felonious assault, one count of corrupting another with drugs, four counts of endangering children and one count of aggravated possession of drugs.
She was taken into custody near Point Pleasant, West Virginia, by the Mason County Sheriff’s Office and West Virginia State Police. She is being held in the Western Regional Jail in Barboursville.
The indictment stems from an investigation by a special unit within the state attorney general’s office. The attorney general’s Special Prosecutions Section is handling the case.