A woman has been accused in the cold case of a baby found dead and floating on the Mississippi river 14 years after DNA tests revealed that she was the mother of the newborn bent Baby Angel, according to the officials.
Jennifer Nichole Baechle, 43, was accused of two homicide positions in second degree for the death of the newborn, who was found floating in a bag on September 5, 2011, in a section of the river near Winona, Minnesota, officials there Announced on Thursday.
The newborn was wrapped in a green shirt, locked in two plastic garbage bags, and then placed inside a Mexican complex bag that also contains a pendant, incense and several angel figures, which leads him to know how “a baby angel” a criminal. Obeyed by the Winona Post Noted.
“While his biological mother remained hidden, this community wrapped his weapons around this girl,” said Winona County Seriff, Ron Ganrude, at a Thorsday press conference.
“Since then, they have waited in patience for the answers she deserved. We never cool to find those answers.”
“He deserved better than an aqueous tomb, deserved more than a cut life.” Ganrude said.
Baby Angel was born only one or two days before he died, revealed a 2011 autopsy.
He joined a 4 -inch cable to the baby and did not seem to be cut by a medical provider, and she had suffered several skull fractures, said the autopsy.
Multiple agencies investigated the death of babies, but there were no important developments until 2023, when a non -profit genetic research company, Firebird Forensics Group, Baechle identified as a possible lead In the case.
Baechle denied police requests from a DNA sample, but the authorities were able to collect a female hygiene product used from garbage outside their home.
The match was confirmed with additional evidence a year later, with the DNA found in the Baby Angel bag, he also found Baechles, according to the complaint.
Baechle’s family said they had no contact with her in 2011, and that she lived in a van, but knew that she collected angels figures and the pendant found her baby, according to the document.
If he is convicted, he faces four years in prison, police said.
He is currently a hero with an unconditional bond or $ 200,000 and a conditional bond or $ 20,000, waiting for not leaving the State and using a GPS monitor after a judge determined it that it was a risk of escape.
