ALBANY, Wis. — The teenager accused of killing his newborn daughter is expected back in Green County court Friday.
16-year-old Logan Kruckenberg-Anderson is scheduled for a virtual preliminary hearing before a judge decides whether there’s enough evidence to move forward with a trial.
Kruckenberg-Anderson is being charged as an adult with first-degree intentional homicide and hidind a corpse. He’s accused of shooting his newborn daughter twice in the head a day after she was born and leaving her in the woods.
The criminal complaint filed by prosecutors says an initial investigation found Kruckenberg-Anderson and the child’s mother agreed they could not keep the child. Kruckenberg-Anderson told police he took the child and left the her naked in a fallen tree and covered her with snow, knowing she would die of exposure to the elements.
But when police investigated the area where the baby was found, they found a gunshot wound in the child’s forehead. According to the complaint, Kruckenberg-Anderson then told police he shot the girl twice in the head.
Kruckenberg-Anderson has previously asked that his case be tried in juvenile court instead.
He’s being held in jail on a $1 million bond.
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