East Texas

CONROE — Convicted child murderer Blaine Milam will receive the death penalty.

A six-man, six-woman Montgomery County jury made the decision around 10 p.m. today after almost nine hours of deliberations.

Milam was convicted last week of murdering 13-month-old Amora Carson in Rusk County in December 2008.

Milam's girlfriend, Jesseca Carson, the child's mother, is being held in the Rusk County Jail, awaiting her capital murder trial, slated for next year.

Milam and Ms. Carson have said they thought that demons possessed the child, who died during an exorcism.

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