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• Charges dropped for Texan convicted in child death

  January 25, 2013 5:02 PM

  Prosecutors on Friday dismissed the last of the charges against a Houston day care provider who is already serving an 80-year prison sentence for the death of one of the children killed in a fire while she was out shopping. A jury in November convicted Jessica Tata of murder in... more »

• Charges dropped for Texan convicted in baby death

  January 25, 2013 12:59 PM

  HOUSTON (AP) Prosecutors have dismissed the remaining charges against a Houston day care provider sentenced to 80 years in prison for the fire death of a toddler she left alone. Harris County Assistant District Attorney Steve Baldassano on Friday told the Houston Chronicle (http://bit.ly/Y46HyK) that Jessica Tata (TAH'-tah) would not... more »

• Woman gets 80 years for deadly Texas day care fire

  November 20, 2012 5:43 PM

  HOUSTON (AP) It had been Jessica Tata's dream to run a day care. She was soon in over her head, caring for too many kids and taking chances by leaving them alone to run errands. The young woman's actions ultimately proved fatal: Four children died and three others were injured... more »

• Woman gets 80 years for deadly Texas day care fire

  November 20, 2012 2:56 PM

  HOUSTON (AP) It had been Jessica Tata's dream to run a day care. She was soon in over her head, caring for too many kids and taking chances by leaving them alone to run errands. The young woman's actions ultimately proved fatal: Four children died and three others were injured... more »

• Woman gets 80 years for deadly Texas day care fire

  November 20, 2012 2:27 PM

  HOUSTON (AP) It had been Jessica Tata's dream to run a day care. She was soon in over her head, caring for too many kids and taking chances by leaving them alone to run errands. The young woman's actions ultimately proved fatal: Four children died and three others were injured... more »

• Woman gets 80 years for deadly Texas day care fire

  November 20, 2012 12:45 PM

  HOUSTON (AP) A Texas woman was sentenced to 80 years Tuesday for her felony murder conviction in the death of one of four children killed in a fire at her home day care in Houston. Jessica Tata, 24, was convicted last week in connection with the death of 16-month-old Elias... more »

• Woman gets 80 years for deadly Texas day care fire

  November 20, 2012 12:00 PM

  HOUSTON (AP) A Texas woman was sentenced to 80 years Tuesday for her felony murder conviction in the death of one of four children killed in a fire at her home day care in Houston. Jessica Tata, 24, was convicted last week in connection with the death of 16-month-old Elias... more »

• Woman gets 80 years for deadly Texas day care fire

  November 20, 2012 11:28 AM

  HOUSTON (AP) A Texas woman was sentenced to 80 years Tuesday for her felony murder conviction in the death of one of four children killed in a fire at her home day care in Houston. Jessica Tata, 24, was convicted last week in connection with the death of 16-month-old Elias... more »

• Woman gets 80 years for deadly Texas day care fire

  November 20, 2012 10:58 AM

  HOUSTON (AP) A Texas woman was sentenced to 80 years Tuesday for her felony murder conviction in the death of one of four children killed in a fire at her home day care in Houston. Jessica Tata, 24, was convicted last week in connection with the death of 16-month-old Elias... more »

• Woman gets 80 years for deadly Texas day care fire

  November 20, 2012 10:55 AM

  HOUSTON (AP) A Texas woman has been sentenced to 80 years in prison after being convicted of felony murder in the death of a child killed in a fire at her Houston home day care. Jessica Tata (TAH'-tah) was sentenced Tuesday. A jury convicted her last week in the death... more »

• Deliberations resume in day care fire trial

  November 20, 2012 9:11 AM

  HOUSTON (AP) Jurors have begun a second day of deliberations to decide the sentence for a Houston woman convicted of murder after a 2011 fire at her home day care killed four children. Jurors deliberated for 5 hours Monday in the punishment phase of the trial of Jessica Tata (TAH'-tah).... more »

• Deliberations to resume in day care fire trial

  November 20, 2012 6:22 AM

  HOUSTON (AP) A jury faces a second day of deliberations to decide the sentence for a Houston woman convicted of murder after a 2011 fire at her home day care killed four children. Jurors are to resume Tuesday in the punishment phase of the trial of Jessica Tata (TAH'-tah). They... more »

• Deliberations to resume in day care fire trial

  November 20, 2012 2:11 AM

  HOUSTON (AP) A second day of deliberations awaited a Houston jury deciding the sentence of a Texas woman convicted of murder after a 2011 fire at her home day care killed four children. Jurors in the punishment phase of Jessica Tata's trial were to resume working Tuesday. They deliberated for... more »

• Jury to resume work Tuesday in day care fire trial

  November 19, 2012 5:49 PM

  HOUSTON (AP) Prosecutors on Monday asked a jury to sentence a Texas woman convicted of murder after a fire at her home day care killed four children to life in prison, arguing she doomed the children she was responsible for when she left them alone to go shopping before the... more »

• Jury to resume work Tuesday in day care fire trial

  November 19, 2012 5:41 PM

  HOUSTON (AP) A Houston jury deliberating the sentence of a Texas woman convicted of murder after a 2011 fire at her home day care killed four children has ended working for the day. Jurors deliberated for 5 hours Monday after closing arguments in the punishment phase of Jessica Tata's trial.... more »

• Prosecutor: Children left at day care were doomed

  November 19, 2012 12:29 PM

  HOUSTON (AP) Prosecutors on Monday asked a jury to sentence a Texas woman convicted of murder after a fire at her home day care killed four children to life in prison, arguing she doomed the children she was responsible for when she left them alone to go shopping before the... more »

• Prosecutor: Children left at day care were doomed

  November 19, 2012 11:35 AM

  HOUSTON (AP) A prosecutor tells jurors a Texas woman doomed the children in her home day care when she left them alone to go shopping before a deadly fire broke out. Jurors in Houston began deliberating the sentence of Jessica Tata after closing arguments in her trial's punishment phase Monday.... more »

• Jury deliberating sentence in day care fire trial

  November 19, 2012 11:10 AM

  HOUSTON (AP) Jurors in Houston are now deliberating the sentence of a Texas woman convicted of murder after a fire at her home day care killed four children. The jury got the case after closing arguments Monday in the punishment phase of the trial of Jessica Tata. Those jurors could... more »

• Closings near on Texas day care owner's sentence

  November 19, 2012 3:01 AM

  HOUSTON (AP) Attorneys will make their final arguments to jurors in Houston in the trial of a Texas woman convicted of murder after a fire at her home day care killed four children. The Harris County jury is scheduled to hear those arguments Monday in a state district court. Those... more »

• Friends: Texas day care owner cared about children

  November 16, 2012 5:39 PM

  HOUSTON (AP) Friends and family of a Texas woman convicted of murder after a fire at her home day care killed four children who had been left alone testified Friday that she was a good person who loved kids and would never intentionally harm them. Jessica Tata's attorneys presented all... more »

• Friends: Convicted day care owner was good person

  November 16, 2012 2:42 PM

  HOUSTON (AP) Friends and family of a Texas woman convicted of murder after a fire at her home day care killed four children testified Friday she was a good person who loved kids and would never intentionally harm them. Attorneys for Jessica Tata began presenting witnesses in the punishment phase... more »

• Friends: Convicted day care owner was good person

  November 16, 2012 11:39 AM

  HOUSTON (AP) Friends of a Texas woman convicted of murder after a fire at her home day care killed four children testified Friday she was a good person who loved kids and would never intentionally harm them. Attorneys for Jessica Tata began presenting witnesses in the punishment phase of her... more »

• Girl: Convicted day care owner left babies alone

  November 15, 2012 2:06 PM

  HOUSTON (AP) A 7-year-old girl once cared for by a Texas woman convicted of murder after a fire at her home day care killed four children told jurors Thursday that the woman previously left several babies unattended while she took other children to a McDonald's. Jurors heard the child's testimony... more »

• Girl: Convicted day care owner left babies alone

  November 15, 2012 1:13 PM

  HOUSTON (AP) A 7-year-old girl is telling jurors that a Texas woman convicted of murder in a deadly 2011 fire at her home day care once left several babies alone in the house while she took other children to a McDonald's. The child testified Thursday during the punishment phase of... more »

• Witness: Day care owner concealed criminal history

  November 14, 2012 6:35 PM

  HOUSTON (AP) A Texas woman convicted of murder for a fire that killed four children at her home day care lied in her application to run the business about having a juvenile record, which would have prevented her from getting a child care license, a former state official testified Wednesday.... more »

• Witness: Day care owner concealed criminal history

  November 14, 2012 2:23 PM

  HOUSTON (AP) A Texas woman convicted of murder after a fire at her home day care killed four children lied in her application to run the facility about having a juvenile conviction, something that would have prevented her from getting a child care license, a former state official testified Wednesday.... more »

• Witness: Day care owner concealed criminal history

  November 14, 2012 2:02 PM

  HOUSTON (AP) A former Texas licensing official tells jurors a woman convicted of murder after a fire at her home day care killed four children lied about having a juvenile conviction, a criminal history that would have prevented her from getting a child care license. Testimony continued Wednesday in the... more »

• Punishment phase of Texas day care trial resumes

  November 14, 2012 11:43 AM

  HOUSTON (AP) Testimony has resumed in the sentencing of a Texas woman convicted of murder in the death of a child in a fire at her home day care. Jessica Tata (TAH'-tah) faces up to life in prison after a jury convicted her of felony murder. Prosecutors continued to call... more »

• Punishment phase of day care fire trial to resume

  November 14, 2012 2:09 AM

  HOUSTON (AP) A Texas woman convicted of murder in a child's fire death at a home day care has a troubled past, say prosecutors trying to secure a stiff prison sentence for her. They said the deadly blaze last year wasn't Jessica Tata's first time being involved in a fire.... more »

• Punishment phase of day care fire trial to resume

  November 14, 2012 2:08 AM

  HOUSTON (AP) Prosecutors say a Texas woman convicted of murder in a child's fire death at a home day care has a troubled past. They say the deadly blaze last year wasn't Jessica Tata's first time being involved in a fire. As a teen, she was convicted of at least... more »

• Sentencing now focus in Texas day care fire case

  November 13, 2012 9:20 PM

  HOUSTON (AP) A Texas woman was convicted of murder Tuesday in the death of one of four children who died in a fire at her home day care after she left them alone with hot oil on the stove while she shopped at Target. Neighbors said they could hear children... more »

• Sentencing now focus in Texas day care fire case

  November 13, 2012 6:41 PM

  HOUSTON (AP) A Texas jury has begun hearing testimony on a Houston woman's punishment after finding her guilty of murder in the death of one of four children in a fire at her home day care. The fire happened after Jessica Tata left them alone with hot oil on the... more »

• Woman faces up to life in prison in day care fire

  November 13, 2012 4:41 PM

  HOUSTON (AP) A Texas woman was convicted of murder Tuesday in the death of one of four children who died in a fire at her home day care after she left them alone with hot oil on the stove while she shopped at Target. Neighbors said they could hear children... more »

• Woman convicted of murder in Texas day care fire

  November 13, 2012 3:21 PM

  HOUSTON (AP) A Texas woman was convicted of murder Tuesday in the death of one of four children who died in a fire at her home day care after she left them alone with hot oil on the stove while she shopped at Target. Neighbors said they could hear children... more »

• Woman convicted of murder in Texas day care fire

  November 13, 2012 2:47 PM

  HOUSTON (AP) A woman found guilty Tuesday in the death of one of four children killed in a fire at her Texas home day care while she left them alone to go shopping now faces the punishment phase of her trial. Jessica Tata could receive up to life in prison.... more »

• Woman convicted of murder in Texas day care fire

  November 13, 2012 2:39 PM

  HOUSTON (AP) A woman found guilty Tuesday in the death of one of four children killed in a fire at her Texas home day care while she left them alone to go shopping now faces the punishment phase of her trial. Jessica Tata was away at a nearby Target store... more »

• Sentencing hearing starts in day care fire case

  November 13, 2012 2:11 PM

  HOUSTON (AP) A sentencing hearing has begun for a Houston woman convicted of felony murder after four unattended children died in a fire at her home day care. Jessica Tata could receive life in prison for the February 2011 death of 16-month-old Elias Castillo. Authorities say the 24-year-old Tata left... more »

• Woman convicted of murder in Texas day care fire

  November 13, 2012 11:37 AM

  HOUSTON (AP) A woman accused in the deaths of four children in a fire at her home day care in Houston was found guilty Tuesday on one count of felony murder. Jessica Tata, 24, faces up to life in prison for the February 2011 death of 16-month-old Elias Castillo. Authorities... more »

• Woman convicted of murder in Texas day care fire

  November 13, 2012 11:33 AM

  HOUSTON (AP) A woman has been found guilty of murder in the death of one of four children killed in a fire at her home day care in Houston. A jury found Jessica Tata (TAH'-tah) guilty Tuesday of felony murder in the February 2011 death of 16-month-old Elias Castillo. She... more »

• Jury still deciding verdict in Texas day care fire

  November 13, 2012 11:23 AM

  HOUSTON (AP) Jurors have yet to decide on a verdict in the murder trial of a woman whose Houston home day care burned, killing four children. Jessica Tata is standing trial in the death of 16-month-old Elias Castillo and faces three other felony murder counts. She faces up to life... more »

• Texas day care fire trial deliberations resume

  November 13, 2012 9:25 AM

  HOUSTON (AP) Jurors have begun a second day of deliberations in the trial of a Houston woman charged with murder after a 2011 fire at her home day care killed four children who had been left alone. Jessica Tata (TAH'-tah) is being tried on one of four counts of felony... more »

• Texas day care fire trial deliberations to resume

  November 13, 2012 2:06 AM

  HOUSTON (AP) A second day of deliberations awaits jurors in the trial of a Houston woman charged with murder after a 2011 fire at her home day care killed four children who had been left alone. Jessica Tata (TAH'-tah) is being tried on one of four counts of felony murder.... more »

• Jury deliberating in Houston day care fire case

  November 12, 2012 6:11 PM

  HOUSTON (AP) Deliberations began Monday afternoon in the felony murder trial of a Houston woman who was out shopping while a fire broke out at her home day care, a blaze that killed four of seven unsupervised children. The jury got the case after the morning's closing arguments. The attorney... more »

• Jury deliberating in Houston day care fire case

  November 12, 2012 2:53 PM

  HOUSTON (AP) Deliberations began Monday afternoon in the felony murder trial of a Houston woman who was out shopping while a fire broke out at her home day care, a blaze that killed four of seven unsupervised children. The jury got the case after the morning's closing arguments. The attorney... more »

• Jury deliberating in Houston day care fire case

  November 12, 2012 12:59 PM

  HOUSTON (AP) Jurors are deliberating whether to convict a Houston woman of felony murder after a 2011 fire at her home day care killed four children who had been left alone. Jessica Tata (TAH'-tah) faces up to life in prison on one of four counts of felony murder. Prosecutors say... more »

• Attorney: Day care fire an accident, not murder

  November 12, 2012 11:40 AM

  HOUSTON (AP) An attorney for a woman who is on trial after four children died in a fire at her Houston home day care says the blaze was a deadly accident, not an act of murder. Closing arguments began Monday in the trial of Jessica Tata (TAH'-tah) on one of... more »

• Houston day care fire trial to soon reach jury

  November 12, 2012 7:52 AM

  HOUSTON (AP) A jury in Houston will soon consider the fate of a woman charged with murder after four children died in a fire at her home day care in February 2011. Closing arguments are scheduled Monday in the trial of Jessica Tata (TAH'-tah), who is charged in the death... more »

• Houston day care fire trial to soon reach jury

  November 12, 2012 6:18 AM

  HOUSTON (AP) A jury in Houston will be sequestered to consider the fate of a home day care operator charged after four children died in a 2011 fire. Closing arguments are scheduled Monday in the murder trial of Jessica Tata (TAH'-tah), who did not take the stand. Testimony wrapped up... more »

• Testimony ends in Texas day care fire murder trial

  November 8, 2012 5:41 PM

  HOUSTON (AP) The fate of a Texas woman facing a murder charge after a fire at her home day care killed four children was expected to be in the hands of a jury next week after testimony in her trial wrapped up Thursday. Prosecutors allege that Jessica Tata had hot... more »

• Testimony ends in Texas day care fire murder trial

  November 8, 2012 2:33 PM

  HOUSTON (AP) Testimony has wrapped up in the trial of a Texas woman charged with murder after a fire at her home day care killed four children and injured three others. Closing arguments in Jessica Tata's are expected to be held Monday. Prosecutors allege Tata had hot oil cooking on... more »

• Day care owner told investigator pan sparked fire

  November 8, 2012 1:55 PM

  HOUSTON (AP) A state investigator has told jurors that a woman charged with murder after four children died in a blaze at her Houston home day care admitted that the fire began because she left a pan of oil cooking on the stove. The testimony Thursday by Kristi Malrey of... more »

• Day care owner told investigator pan sparked fire

  November 8, 2012 1:49 PM

  HOUSTON (AP) A state investigator has told jurors that a woman charged with murder after four children died in a blaze at her Houston home day care admitted that the fire began because she left a pan of oil cooking on the stove. The testimony Thursday by Kristi Malrey of... more »

• Defense rests in Texas day care fire murder trial

  November 8, 2012 9:21 AM

  HOUSTON (AP) Defense attorneys have rested their case in the trial of a woman facing a murder charge after a fire at her Houston home day care killed four children and injured three other kids. Closings arguments will begin after prosecutors call at least one rebuttal witness, an engineering expert... more »

• Expert: Fridge may have caused day care fire

  November 7, 2012 5:45 PM

  HOUSTON (AP) A refrigerator, not a stove, might be to blame for causing a fire at a Texas home day care that killed four children and injured three others, an engineering expert told jurors Wednesday during the owner's murder trial. Prosecutors allege that Jessica Tata had hot oil cooking on... more »

• Expert: Fridge may have caused day care fire

  November 7, 2012 1:55 PM

  HOUSTON (AP) A refrigerator, not a stove, might be to blame for causing a fire at a Texas home day care that killed four children and injured three others, an engineering expert told jurors Wednesday during the owner's murder trial. Prosecutors allege that Jessica Tata had hot oil cooking on... more »

• Expert: Stove brand in day care fire had problems

  November 7, 2012 2:06 AM

  HOUSTON (AP) An engineering expert says a faulty stove, not a day care owner, caused a Texas fire that killed four children. Defense witness Richard Bonyata is testifying at the murder trial for day care owner Jessica Tata. Prosecutors allege the 2011 blaze at her home day care in Houston... more »

• Engineer: Stove brand in day care fire problematic

  November 6, 2012 2:34 PM

  HOUSTON (AP) The brand of stove at the center of a fire at a Texas home day care that killed four children and injured three others has been known to be problematic, an engineering expert told jurors Tuesday in the murder trial of the facility's owner. Attorneys for Jessica Tata,... more »

• Engineer: Stove brand in day care fire problematic

  November 6, 2012 1:21 PM

  HOUSTON (AP) An engineering expert says the brand of stove at the center of a fire in a Texas home day care that killed four children and injured three others is known to be problematic. Jessica Tata is on trial for murder in the deaths of one of those children.... more »

• Defense could begin in deadly day care fire trial

  November 6, 2012 2:20 AM

  HOUSTON (AP) Attorneys for a Texas woman facing a murder charge after a fire at her home day care killed four children and injured three other kids could begin presenting their case to jurors. However, Jessica Tata's attorneys declined to say how many witnesses, if any, they planned to call... more »

• Prosecutors rest in trial of ex-day care owner

  November 5, 2012 5:01 PM

  HOUSTON (AP) Prosecutors on Monday rested their case against a Houston woman facing a murder charge after a fire at her home day care killed four children and injured three other kids all of whom authorities allege had been left alone. The end of the prosecution's case against Jessica Tata... more »

• Prosecutors rest in trial of ex-day care owner

  November 5, 2012 3:39 PM

  HOUSTON (AP) Prosecutors have rested their case against a Houston woman charged with murder after a fire at her home day care killed four children and injured three others. Investigators say the fire started after Jessica Tata left the children alone at her home and went shopping in February 2011.... more »

• Lawyer: Bad stove sparked fatal day care fire

  November 2, 2012 7:00 PM

  HOUSTON (AP) Attorneys for a woman on trial for murder suggested Friday the fire at her home day care that killed four children was sparked by a malfunctioning stove, trying to raise doubt about Texas prosecutors' claims that she left a pan on a hot burner. But a forensic electrical... more »

• Lawyer: Bad stove sparked fatal day care fire

  November 2, 2012 5:11 PM

  HOUSTON (AP) Attorneys for a Texas woman on trial for murder are suggesting that a fire at her home day care center that killed four children may have been sparked by a malfunctioning stove, not any action of her own. But a forensic electrical engineer who testified for prosecutors Tuesday... more »

• Lawyer: Bad stove sparked fatal day care fire

  November 2, 2012 4:20 PM

  HOUSTON (AP) Attorneys for a Texas woman on trial for murder are suggesting that a fire at her home day care center that killed four children may have been sparked by a malfunctioning stove, not any action of her own. But a forensic electrical engineer who testified for prosecutors Tuesday... more »

• Advocates: Day care oversight still issue in Texas

  October 31, 2012 3:24 PM

  HOUSTON (AP) Working two jobs to make ends meet, Keisha Brown was looking for affordable, safe child care for her 16-month-old son. After visiting a home day care run by Jessica Tata, the 21-year-old mother thought she had found what she wanted. Tata "seemed like a nice person and knew... more »

• Advocates: Day care oversight still issue in Texas

  October 31, 2012 3:21 PM

  HOUSTON (AP) The parents of four children who died and three others who were seriously injured in a Texas day care fire last year say they made efforts to make sure the facility was safe and the owner was qualified. Their stories have come out during the trial of day... more »

• Jury told of efforts to save kids in day care fire

  October 26, 2012 6:40 PM

  HOUSTON (AP) As a Houston home day care filled with choking smoke and flames last year, neighbors tried desperately to rush in and rescue the seven children who had been left alone and were trapped inside. Day care owner Jessica Tata was screaming "the kids are burning" as neighbor John... more »

• Jury told of efforts to save kids in day care fire

  October 26, 2012 5:20 PM

  HOUSTON (AP) Prosecutors at the trial of a woman accused of murder after four children died in a fire at her Houston home day care are presenting testimony from neighbors and emotional 911 calls to detail for jurors the frantic efforts to try to save the kids. Investigators say a... more »

• Jury told of efforts to save kids in day care fire

  October 26, 2012 4:59 PM

  HOUSTON (AP) Prosecutors at the trial a woman accused of murder after four children died in a fire at her Houston home day care are presenting testimony from neighbors and emotional 911 calls to detail for jurors the frantic efforts to try to save the kids. Investigators say a fire... more »

• Witness: Day care owner calm about stove left on

  October 26, 2012 2:51 PM

  HOUSTON (AP) A Texas woman accused of murdering four children who died last year at a fire in her home day care did not seem to be frantic or in a hurry after remembering while out shopping that she had left a stove burner on, a former store manager testified... more »

• Witness: Day care owner calm about stove left on

  October 26, 2012 2:16 PM

  HOUSTON (AP) A Texas woman accused of murder four children who died last year at a fire in her home day care did not seem to be frantic or in a hurry after remembering while out shopping that she had left a stove burner on, a former store manager testified... more »

• Manager: Day care owner calm as she recalled stove

  October 26, 2012 1:32 PM

  HOUSTON (AP) A store manager says a woman accused of murder after four children died in a fire at her home day care in Houston wasn't frantic after remembering that she had left a stove top burner on at her house where the kids were alone. Ray Menzies, a former... more »

• Prosecutor: Kids twice left home alone day of fire

  October 25, 2012 8:06 PM

  HOUSTON (AP) The Houston home day care where four children were killed in a fire last year was run by an irresponsible woman who twice left the children alone that day to go shopping, prosecutors told jurors Thursday during her murder trial. Investigators have said Jessica Tata was shopping at... more »

• Prosecutor: Kids twice left home alone day of fire

  October 25, 2012 5:41 PM

  HOUSTON (AP) Texas prosecutors say the home day care where a fire erupted and killed four children was run by an irresponsible woman who twice left the children unsupervised that day to go shopping. Jessica Tata is on trial for felony murder in Houston. Investigators have said a fire broke... more »

• Mothers testify about losing kids in day care fire

  October 24, 2012 7:43 PM

  HOUSTON (AP) During often tearful testimony, the mothers of four children who died in a 2011 home day care fire in Houston recounted for jurors on Wednesday the despair and grief they felt in the wake of the deadly blaze. The parents testified during the first day of the felony... more »

• Mothers testify about losing kids in day care fire

  October 24, 2012 7:21 PM

  HOUSTON (AP) During often tearful testimony, the mothers of four children who died in a 2011 home day care fire in Houston recounted for jurors on Wednesday the despair and grief they felt in the wake of the deadly blaze. The parents testified during the first day of the felony... more »

• Mothers testify about losing kids in day care fire

  October 24, 2012 5:42 PM

  HOUSTON (AP) The mothers of four children who died in a 2011 home day care fire in Houston are telling jurors about the despair and grief they felt in its wake. The parents tearfully testified Wednesday during the first day of the felony murder trial of the day care owner,... more »

• Prosecutor: Day care owner betrayed parents' trust

  October 24, 2012 2:03 PM

  HOUSTON (AP) A woman charged with murder after a fire at her Houston home day care killed four children betrayed the families who entrusted her with their kids' lives, a prosecutor said Wednesday. Jessica Tata, 24, faces up to life in prison if convicted of felony murder in the deaths... more »

• Prosecutor: Day care owner betrayed parents' trust

  October 24, 2012 2:01 PM

  HOUSTON (AP) A prosecutor says a Houston woman charged with murder after a fire at her home day care killed four children has betrayed the families who trusted her with their kids' lives. Jessica Tata's trial in the death of one of the four children began Wednesday. Prosecutor Steve Baldassano... more »

• Prosecutor: Day care owner betrayed parents' trust

  October 24, 2012 11:48 AM

  HOUSTON (AP) A prosecutor says a Houston woman charged with murder after a fire at her home day care killed four children has betrayed the families who trusted her with their kids' lives. Jessica Tata's trial in the death of one of the four children began Wednesday. Prosecutor Steve Baldassano... more »

• Openings expected in Texas day care murder trial

  October 24, 2012 6:44 AM

  HOUSTON (AP) A jury is set to begin hearing testimony in the trial of a Texas woman who is charged with murder in the death of a child in a fire at her day care facility. Opening statements in Jessica Tata's case are expected Wednesday morning in Houston. The 2011... more »

• Texas jury to start hearing day care fire case

  October 24, 2012 2:12 AM

  HOUSTON (AP) A jury is set to begin hearing testimony in the trial of a Texas woman who's charged with murder in a child's day care fire death. Opening statements in Jessica Tata's case are expected Wednesday morning in Houston. The 2011 fire at Tata's home day care center in... more »

• Jury to be chosen in fatal Texas day care fire

  October 23, 2012 5:30 PM

  HOUSTON (AP) A jury has been chosen in a murder trial stemming from a Houston home day care center fire that killed four children and injured three others. Jessica Tata is charged with felony murder in the death of one of the children. A jury was chosen on Tuesday after... more »

• Jury to be chosen in fatal Texas day care fire

  October 23, 2012 10:49 AM

  HOUSTON (AP) Jury selection has begun in a murder trial stemming from a fire at a Houston home day care center that left four children dead and injured three others. Jessica Tata is charged with felony murder in the death of one of the children. Opening statements could begin Wednesday.... more »

• Jury to be chosen in fatal Texas day care fire

  October 23, 2012 6:29 AM

  HOUSTON (AP) Attorneys are preparing for a murder trial stemming from a fire at a Houston home day care center that left four children dead and injured three others. Jury selection in the felony murder trial of Jessica Tata in the death of one of the children is set for... more »

• Jury to be chosen in fatal Texas day care fire

  October 23, 2012 2:11 AM

  HOUSTON (AP) Prosecutors and defense attorneys are preparing for the first trial stemming from a fire at a Houston home day care center that killed four children and injured three others. Jury selection in the felony murder trial of Jessica Tata is set for Tuesday in Houston. Opening statements could... more »

• Texas day care owner faces trial in fatal fire

  October 22, 2012 1:31 PM

  HOUSTON (AP) Testimony is set to begin this week in the first trial stemming from a fire at a Houston home day care center that killed four children and injured three others. Jessica Tata is being tried on a felony murder charge for one of the deaths. Prosecutors say the... more »

• Trial set for Texas day care owner in fatal fire

  April 26, 2012 11:02 AM

  HOUSTON (AP) A judge has set a trial date for a woman charged with murder in the deaths of four children in a fire at her Houston home day care center last year. Jury selection in the trial of Jessica Tata (TAH'-tah) is set for Oct. 18. The trial date... more »