Iowa mother who let infant son rot to death by leaving him in maggot-infested diaper and urine-soaked blankets found guilty of murder
A jury took four hours to convict 21-year-old Cheyanne Harris of first-degree murder and child endangerment causing death
An Iowa mother was found guilty of first degree murder after her neglect led to the death of her 4-month-old son, whose body was found on a baby swing in a sweltering bedroom covered in a urine-soaked blanket, wearing a maggot-infested diaper.
According to the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, jurors at the Plymouth County Courthouse in Le Mars took all of four hours to find 21-year-old Cheyanne Harris guilty of first-degree murder in the death of Sterling Koehn, and which carries a mandatory life sentence without parole, and child endangerment causing death.