No bond for Mississippi woman charged in infant’s death

PEARL, Miss. – Mississippi authorities said Tuesday that a 20-year-old woman who faces an upgraded charge of capital murder in the death of her 2-month-old daughter is on suicide watch and is being held in isolation at the Rankin County Jail.

Makaylia Jolley, of Pearl, was wearing shackles and body armor when she arrived for an initial court appearance. Jolley is charged with capital murder with underlying felony child abuse charges after her daughter, Khalysie Lashay Jolley, died Saturday at Children’s Hospital.

She had faced charges of attempted murder and felony child abuse. WAPT-TV reports Jolley tried to make eye contact with relatives in the courtroom but said nothing during the hearing.

The judge ruled she would be held without bond.