9/17/22 Baby Theresa Mom Sentenced
17 September 2022 News
The 46-year-old Milwaukee woman who gave birth to Dodge County’s “Baby Theresa” and later left its lifeless body in a garbage bag in some woods in the Town of Theresa was sentenced Friday. Karin Luttinen was sentenced to three years of probation. Judge Kristine Snow imposed and stayed a year and a half in prison and two years of extended supervision only to be served if Luttinen does not successfully complete her probation. The court is also requiring her to serve six months in jail, pay a $5,000 fine and complete 60 hours of community service. Mental health treatment was also ordered. The infant was found dead in April of 2009. According to the criminal complaint Luttinen gave birth to the baby in a bathtub. The baby was not breathing. Afterwards she got in her vehicle and drove “aimlessly” eventually placing the infant’s body in some woods. An autopsy found no traumatic injuries, and no internal injuries or fractures. The cause of death was listed as a stillbirth.
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