Trial date set in Maricopa child murder

A woman facing the death penalty in the death of a child now has her trial date set.

Shawn Main, 46, is accused of causing the death of Tiana Rosalie Capps, age 3, in 2015. On Monday, she appeared before Superior Court Judge Kevin White in her wheelchair and a maroon jail jumpsuit. White set her trial date to begin July 31, 2018. It could last up to 10 weeks.

The Pinal County Attorney’s Office is seeking the death penalty in the case.

Tiana was one of the four children of Tina Morse, who lived with Main and Maria Tiglao in a house on Ralston Road south of Maricopa. The children were primarily in the care of Main and Tiglao rather than their mother.

Nov. 19, 2015, Main called 911 to report a child in medical distress. Pinal County Sheriff’s Office deputies and paramedics met Main’s vehicle near Amarillo Valley Road and Century Road as she was attempting to drive the girl to the hospital. According to PCSO, Tiana died in the emergency room and doctors reported unexplained injuries to her head and body.

An autopsy by the Pima County Medical Examiner’s Office showed Tiana died of “repeated blunt force trauma.”

Dec. 24, 2015, Main, Tiglao and Morse were all arrested.

In December 2016, Morse pled guilty to two counts of child abuse and was sentenced to two years in prison. Tiglao’s next hearing is set for April 24. She faces five counts of child abuse in the neglect of the children.

PCAO is trying to make a case that Tiana was in Main’s care when she was fatally injured and that the injuries were caused by Main.

Tiana’s three brothers were put into the custody of the Department of Child Safety.

Main’s trial is scheduled to last four weeks and another four weeks in the penalty phase if she is convicted, with two weeks of voir dire expected for jury selection and background.