Woman Gets 10 Years for Putting Baby in Trash
From Times Wire Reports
A woman who put her newborn in trash that ended up in a landfill was sentenced in Elk Point to 10 years in prison.
Lori Schultz, 21, wept in court and said she could have prevented her son’s death.
“The pain inside of me will be inside of me for the rest of my life,” she said. “I know my baby is supposed to be 2 years old, but he’s not because I made a terrible mistake.”
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