Mother sentenced to 25 years

A Jackson County jury sentenced a mother to 25 years in prison on Friday, November 6, after several days of testimony and hours of deliberation.

Melissa Lynn Walker, 27, of Edna cried on the stand while she insisted that she was not the person who injured her son Jacob.

Jacob was six months old in 2021 when he was taken to Driscoll Children’s Hospital after CPS involvement, where they discovered multiple broken ribs and a fracture to his tibia - injuries pediatrician and expert witness Racquel Vargas-Whale said a baby of six months could not sustain on his own.