2007-04-17

Crystal Nicole Womack

Crystal Nicole Womack, 7 months old, died April 17 at Northwest Texas
Hospital after she was airlifted from Shamrock General Hospital with
severe internal injuries. Heather Thomas, Crystal Womack's mother, took
the child to Shamrock General Hospital on April 15, according to
authorities. An autopsy listed the cause of death as blunt force trauma.
The father, Justin Wayne Womack, 22, is charged with capital murder in
connection with the child's death and was indicted in August. A Wheeler
County grand jury indicted him Aug. 15. He is in the Wheeler County Jail
on a bond of $250,000.