Capital murder suspect Latoni Daniel conspired with a male inmate to get pregnant while in custody in the Coosa County Jail to compel leniency and perhaps be freed on bond while awaiting trial, sheriff Michael Howell said Wednesday.
Daniel, 27, of Alexander City could face the death penalty if she is convicted of the December 2017 robbery and shooting death of Thomas Virgil Chandler, 87, of Goodwater. Daniel, who is now being held in the Shelby County Jail without bond, is a co-defendant with LaDaniel Martel Tuck, 28, of Alexander City in the capital murder case.
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