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Charged in baby's death
Associated Press · August 24, 1959
Mrs. Betty Joe Ellis, 18-year-old mother, has been charged with murder in the death of her 11-weeks-old son, Robert Jessie Ellis. Mrs. Ellis told police she stabbed the infant repeatedly with a safety pin and beat him with her fists because the infant's cries made her nervous.
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