Wisconsin woman arrested after her suspected child was found dead in an abandoned field
WI baby was found dead in a plastic bag inside a cardboard box
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A woman believed to be the mother of a dead newborn child found abandoned in a southern Wisconsin field earlier this month has been arrested, police said Monday.
The 39-year-old Whitewater woman was arrested Friday, the Whitewater Police Department said in a news release posted on its Facebook page. The woman, whose name wasn't released, was being held in the Jefferson County Jail.
Charges of concealing death of a child and resisting or obstructing an officer were being forwarded to the Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office, police said.
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The suspected mother of a baby that was found dead in a field has been arrested.
The newborn boy was found March 4 in a plastic bag inside a cardboard box, wrapped in a light-colored shirt and wearing no additional clothing, Whitewater Police Chief Daniel Meyer has said.
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{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Investigators believe the child was placed in the field less than 48 hours before he was found, Meyer said.