The boaters found the baby's body in a bag with a pendant, incense and several angel figures, charging documents say. The angel figurines led to the child being called "Baby Angel" by law enforcement.

The State will seek an aggravated, or harsher-than-usual sentence for Winona resident Jennifer Baechle if she is convicted of manslaughter in the infamous “Baby Angel” case. Baechle was arrested on ...

The baby’s suspected mother, Jennifer Nichole Baechle, was arrested in April, after she was identified from DNA over 13 years ...

In a filing in Winona County District Court, prosecutors say the case against Jennifer Baechle has aggravating circumstances ...

WINONA, Minn. (KTTC) – State prosecutors are seeking an aggravated sentenced for the woman charged in Winona’s ‘Baby Angel’ ...

The Winona County Attorney’s Office has filed a notice in district court that it will seek an aggravated sentence if Jennifer ...

Woman charged with manslaughter in connection to Minnesota cold case 02:24. A southern Minnesota woman faces manslaughter charges in connection with "Baby Angel," a newborn found dead in the ...

Retired Winona County Sheriff Dave Brand speaks after a press conference about the Baby Angel case Thursday, April 24, 2025, in Winona. In September of 2011, a newborn baby, known as Baby Angel ...

A woman believed to be the mother of "Baby Angel," an infant whose body was discovered floating in the Mississippi River south of Winona in 2011, is now charged in connection with the child's death.

Baby Angel was born just a day or two before she died, a 2011 autopsy revealed. A 4-inch cord was attached to the baby and did not appear to have been cut by a medical provider — and she had ...