Teen dad who shot his newborn twice in the head and covered her body in the snow 'to make her go away' has 1 more card to play in court

A Wisconsin antheral who fatally changeable his newborn girl and near her assemblage successful the snowfall has been sentenced, but the lawsuit is inactive not over.

Logan Kruckenberg Anderson, 21, was 16 years aged erstwhile his then-teenage woman gave commencement to a babe miss successful 2021. Days aft the baby's commencement successful a bathtub, Kruckenberg Anderson enactment the babe successful a backpack, brought her retired to the woods, and covered her bare assemblage with snow. As helium walked away, helium heard her crying, truthful helium turned astir and shot her doubly successful the head.

On Nov. 5, 2025, Kruckenberg Anderson was convicted of first-degree intentional homicide and hiding the corpse of a child.

On Monday, Kruckenberg Anderson was successful tribunal to perceive his sentence. According to online tribunal records, helium was sentenced to beingness successful situation with the anticipation of supervised merchandise aft 45 years for the intentional homicide charge. He was besides sentenced to 4 years successful situation positive an further 3 years of extended supervision for hiding the baby's corpse, a condemnation that volition tally concurrently and includes 1,891 days of recognition for clip served.

According to the tribunal docket, the defence filed a question to dismiss, which prosecutors person 120 days to respond to. In the meantime, Kruckenberg Anderson was remanded to the custody of the Green County Sheriff's Department and ordered not to person immoderate interaction with the parent of his child.

As Law&Crime antecedently reported, the babe was calved connected Jan. 5, 2021, to Kruckenberg Anderson's then-14-year-old girlfriend. The teenage mates hid the gestation until the baby, who was named Harper, was calved successful a bathtub. The girlfriend's begetter called 911 aft helium had not seen the babe for days.

Police questioned the teenagers, who claimed that they tried to enactment Harper up for adoption done idiosyncratic they met connected Snapchat. Kruckenberg Anderson yet confessed to police, telling them that helium intended to permission Harper retired successful the acold to dice of exposure. When she cried, helium went backmost to execute her.

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Prosecutor Adrienne Blais told the court, "It's astir 1 idiosyncratic fantasizing playing house. It's astir 1 idiosyncratic bent connected erasing a problem, due to the fact that that was what Harper was to him. A occupation to screw up his life, truthful helium got escaped of her, truthful helium conscionable tried to marque her spell away."

Court records indicated that a proceeding to sermon the question to disregard has not yet been set.