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Iowa Newborn Murder: Sentencing Scheduled for Mother Who Put Infant in Trash Bag, Alive, Before Tossing Him in Ditch

Summary by Crime Online
An Iowa woman who tossed her newborn son away in 2023 is scheduled for sentencing this month. Law&Crime reports that Megan Staude pleaded guilty earlier this year to second-degree murder. She took a plea deal with the prosecution, which dropped her initial charge of first-degree murder. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Megan Staude confessed in 2023 to putting her newborn infant in a box without providing him care, after she gave birth at hom…
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Crime Online broke the news in on Tuesday, September 16, 2025.
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