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Women on Death Row - Cathy Lynn Henderson

By Charles Montaldo, About.com

Cathy Lynn Henderson

Women on Death Row - Cathy Lynn Henderson

Texas Department of Criminal Justice
General Information:
  • Date of Birth - 12/27/56

  • Date of Offense - 1/21/94

  • Age at Time of Offense - 37

  • Prior Occupation - Babysitter

  • Education - 12

  • Prior Prison Record - None

  • Location of Crime - Temple, Texas

  • Co-defendants - None

  • Race and Gender of Victim - White male
Crime Committed: Convicted in the abduction and murder of 3-month-old Brandon Baugh. Henderson had been babysitting the young boy and his 2 1/2-year-old-sister Megan, for three months prior to the murder without incident.

Henderson later told police that Brandon died after she dropped him accidentally on his head. She said she panicked, buried the boy, and fled to her native Missouri, where she was later arrested.

Using a map drawn by Henderson, authorities found Brandon's body in a cardboard box in a shallow grave outside of Temple on Feb. 8, 1994. An autopsy determined Brandon died of a fractured skull.

Source: Texas Department of Criminal Justice

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