LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) - A Lubbock man has been charged with capital murder over the March 2009 death of a baby in his care.
Police Capt. Greg Stevens says the child was the step-grandson of Clifford Wade Coles.
Coles was in the Lubbock County Jail on Thursday, with bail set at $500,000.
Electronic jail records had no attorney listed for Coles, who was booked early Wednesday over the death of 11-month-old Shawn Patrick Smith. An autopsy determined the boy suffered blunt force injuries.
Coles was indicted Tuesday by a Lubbock County grand jury.
Prosecutors have not said whether they will seek the death penalty.
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