ABILENE, TX -- An Abilene man was re-arrested on Wednesday after his charge was enhanced to capital murder in the death of his new born baby .
According to the indictment, Damian Cate, 24, "knowingly caused the death" of Ashely Nevaeh Cate after he used a knife to cut her throat. He was indicted last Thursday.
Cate and his girlfriend, twenty-year-old Amber Craker, were both charged with murder and tampering with evidence in January of 2016. They were both arrested and charged after the daughter's body was found in a trash can in a South Abilene home.
Cate was released on May 26 after bonding out on a $100,000 bond. He was re-arrested on Wednesday with the enhanced charge. Craker, who was still in jail, was charged with capital murder on Friday.
According to Taylor County District Attorney Jim Hicks, a grand jury found probable cause in charging Craker with the capital murder of her child.
Craker's original murder trial was scheduled for June 12, however, a new trial date hasn't been set for the enhanced charge. Cate's trial is scheduled for July 17.
Cate's new bond is $150,000, while Craker's is $550,000.
UPDATE: Wednesday, Aug. 2nd @ 4:30 p.m.
Damian Scoot Cate, charged with murdering a new born child, has been released from jail after his bond was reduced from $150,000 to $100,000 Wednesday.
Cate is scheduled for a capital murder trial on Oct. 9, according to court documents.
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So you can get out of jail for $100,000 after slitting your infant child throat and throwing in in the trash !?!
The judge that ruled that needs to be thrown off the bench. The parents deserve a one way ticket to visit the darkest pit below. For the leftists here. This is the reason for the death penalty.
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PermalinkI don't understand how his bail is only $100,000 when he is the one that slit the babies throat and threw the baby in the trash and the mothers bail is 5 times higher. His shoud be atleast as high as hers
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PermalinkThere should be no bail! A stiff rope and a short drop should be the only way these two get out of jail.
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PermalinkThe judge should be suspended OR investigated because there is NO WAY IN HELL there should have been a bond set for EITHER one of these heartless, disgusting, sorry pieces of shit. I'm a mother of 3 and I will and have LITERALLY gone to war when I've felt like MY KIDS were being harmed OR when they would come tell me they are being bullied. Their school calls me Mama Bear because if the school doesn't handle it...i will. I can't even come to terms with the fact that these "so called parents" would do this to their own child. They should be tortured slowly before suffering the same fate their own baby suffered. I'm sorry for being a little harsh with my words but I just can't believe he is walking around instead of being where he deserves to be forever....IN HELL
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PermalinkWhat kind of sick, pathetic, waste of space are these two worthless maggots ?! Look at their photos.....There is nothing but pure evil in both their eyes.....no soul, no conscience.....To hell with the court dates....Slit both their throats and throw them in some field for the buzzards to eat.. BURN IN HELL WITH YOUR KIN.......SATAN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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