On Aug. 18, Blaha pleaded responsible to second-degree homicide within the demise of her new child child. She was sentenced to 50 years in jail with an opportunity of parole after 35 years, KCRG reported.
Based on courtroom paperwork obtained by Our Quad Cities, Blaha gave beginning to Kayleen Lee on the couple’s condo in Fort Dodge on Nov. 16, 2022, and the dad and mom allegedly drowned the infant in a bath a short while later.
The courtroom paperwork allege Blaha and Thoma had deliberate to offer the kid to a relative to undertake, however killed the infant as a result of they feared the lady’s crying would draw neighbors’ consideration and they’d cellphone police. The couple, the authorized papers state, didn’t need authorities to take their 2-year-old son from their custody in the event that they discovered the new child had methamphetamine in her system.
An arrest affidavit states Thoma allegedly gave Blaha the drug to take care of the ache of the house supply, WLS-TV reported.
“Thoma and Blaha have each confirmed … that when Kayleen was born, Thoma lower the umbilical wire with a pair of scissors that was current inside their condo and shortly thereafter lower further sections of the wire to be stored to recollect the infant,” the affidavit states.
Thoma allegedly wrapped the infant in trash luggage and put it in a black backpack. On Nov. 17, 2022, he reportedly left the condo with the backpack and “returned later with an empty backpack,” officers stated.
Thoma informed police he buried Kayleen close to a bridge, however she was not discovered after a number of searches.
Then, he stated he dumped her physique close to a landfill. Investigators carried out a “full excavation” of the world, however as soon as once more, didn’t discover her physique.