THERESA, Wis. (WKOW) — Nearly a month after charges were filed in a previously cold infant death case, the suspect pleaded guilty.
Karin Luttinen, 45, of Milwaukee was charged on March 18 with concealing the death of a child in connection to the Baby Theresa case.
Baby Theresa was found abandoned in a garbage bag in the Village of Theresa in April 2009, and an autopsy showed she died prior to or during birth.
Dodge County Sheriff Dale Schmidt said in March that a DNA match in 2021 identified Luttinen as Baby Theresa's mother.
According to online court records, Luttinen pleaded guilty Monday morning at her arraignment.
Her sentencing hearing is scheduled for August.
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