MARSHALL, MINN.

Mom who abandoned newborn sentenced

A Marshall woman who left her newborn in a grocery store restroom was sentenced
Monday to eight years in prison and four years of supervised released.

Stacy Miller, 25, pleaded guilty to third-degree murder in what has become
known as the Baby Marshall case.

She left her boy to die in the toilet after giving birth in a women's restroom
at the Marshall Hy-Vee on April 8, 2001.

Authorities didn't learn that Miller was the mother until last summer.

Lyon County District Judge Leland Bush gave Miller credit for about a year she
has served in custody in the Lyon County Jail.

Miller tried to address the court on Monday but broke down crying. Her lawyer,
Cecil Naatz, read a statement from her.

"I know what I did was wrong and I can't find enough words to say how sorry I
am for what I did," Miller's statement said.

— Associated Press



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