According to court documents, the baby was still alive when they put him in a trash bag and left him to die.
On March 13, a witness showed authorities a text conversation with Megan Staude, in which the witness asked her, “Was the baby alive when you left him?” and she replied, “A little,” according to the complaint.
“It’s just a tragic set of circumstances on a number of levels,” Norwalk Police Chief Greg Staples told . “That baby didn’t have the choice to decide his own fate, and now there’s people in jail because of it.”Rodney and Megan Staude are each being held in the Warren County jail on $1 million bond.Iowa’s Safe Haven Act allows parents to hand over newborns who are 90 days or younger to the state to be placed up for adoption or into foster care with no concern for prosecution.A neighbor, Chris Hentschel, told the outlet that the baby’s death made him sick.“Honestly, I was pretty appalled.
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