Jessica Lynne FaxA local judge has sent the Hamilton County grand jury a criminal homicide charge against a 28-year-old Harrison woman in the death of her infant niece.
Jessica Fax faces the charge after the death of 3-month-old Mia Elizabeth Fry.
Police say Fax was caring for her niece on Oct. 9 at the girl’s Harrison home when the infant sustained blunt force trauma injuries. A Hamilton County medical examiner’s report found five large skull fractures on the infant.
Judge Johnny Houston, who oversaw the hearing for Sessions Court Judge Ronald Durby, who has temporarily left the bench for health reasons, sent the case to the grand jury.
On Monday in front of Houston, Fax quietly spoke with her appointed attorney, Assistant District Public Defender Alan Dunn. Throughout the hearing she sat slumped in her chair, looking at the floor.