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KRIS Corpus Christi News
March 9, 2018
In 2007, Overton was convicted of capital murder for the salt poisoning death of her four year old foster son Andrew Burd. She was sentenced to life in prison but Overton served just seven years of the sentence. An appeals court overturned the conviction because key evidence was left out of the trial.
Inside Edition
March 8, 2018
A Texas woman wrongfully convicted in the death of her foster son is expected to receive more than $570,000 from the state for the years she spent in jail, according to reports. Hannah Overton spent seven years in prison for the death of 4-year-old Andrew Burd, who she and her husband, Larry Overton,Ãâà...
Corpus Christi Caller-Times
March 8, 2018
Hannah Overton was sentenced in 2007 in connection with the death of 4-year-old Andrew Burd, a boy she had planned to adopt with her husband. Her conviction was overturned after she spent seven years in prison and prosecutors decided not to retry the case. She was declared innocent in May 2017.
ABC News
March 7, 2018
Hannah Overton, a south Texas mother of five whose wrongful conviction for the 2006 death of her foster son was overturned last year, is expected to receive ... In May 2017, Nueces County District Attorney Mark Gonzalez officially declared Overton innocent in the death of 4-year-old Andrew Burd, the childÃâà...
Corpus Christi Caller-Times
December 27, 2017
Hannah Overton was sentenced to life in prison in 2007 in connection with the death of 4-year-old Andrew Burd, a boy she had planned to adopt with her husband. Her conviction was overturned after she spent seven years in prison and prosecutors decided not to retry the case. But it wasn't until earlier thisÃâà...
Simplemost
September 29, 2017
In 2007, Texas mother Hannah Overton was convicted of murdering 4-year-old Andrew Burd, a boy she and her family were fostering and had planned to adopt. She served seven years in prison for his death but continued to maintain her innocence. When new evidence came to light in 2014, Overton wasÃâà...
ABC News
May 10, 2017
... against Hannah Overton, a south Texas mother of five who had been convicted in the 2007 salt poisoning trial for the death of her foster son. Nueces County District Attorney Mark Gonzalez announced Tuesday that he plans to officially declare Overton innocent in the death of 4-year-old Andrew Burd, theÃâà...
ABC News
April 9, 2015
Murder Charges Dropped Against Hannah Overton, Texas Mom Convicted of Killing Foster Son in 2007 Salt Poisoning Trial ... court overturned her conviction and life sentence for the death of 4-year-old Andrew Burd, the child Overton and her husband, Larry, were in the process of adopting before he died.
ABC News
December 16, 2014
Hannah Overton, who has spent seven years in a Texas prison for the murder of a young foster child she says she didn't commit, has finally won her ... murder conviction and life sentence for the death of 4-year-old Andrew Burd, a foster child Overton and her husband, Larry, were in the process of adopting.
