An Iowa woman charged in the death of her baby left the courtroom sobbing during the first day of her trial when prosecutors showed photos of her lifeless son in a swing set.
21-year-old Cheyanne Harris caused a break in her trial Wednesday at the Plymouth County Courthouse in Le Mars.
Harris has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder and child endangerment resulting in death.
The trial was moved to Le Mars in Plymouth County from Chickasaw County because of publicity.
Harris was arrested in August 2017 after medics found 4-month-old Sterling Koehn dead in the swing in a dark, sweltering bedroom at her Alta Vista apartment.
An autopsy shows he died of malnutrition, dehydration and an E. coli infection caused by being left in a maggot-infested diaper for up to two weeks.
The boy’s father, Zachary Koehn, already has been sentenced to life in prison.
Updated 6:34pm 1/30/19
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The mother of a baby whose lifeless body was found in an infant swing wearing a maggot-infested diaper is standing trial in his death.
Court records say 21-year-old Cheyanne Harris has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder and child endangerment resulting in death.
The trial was moved to Le Mars in Plymouth County from Chickasaw County because of publicity.
Prosecutors began their case Wednesday after a jury was selected late Tuesday afternoon.
Medics called to an Alta Vista apartment in August 2017 found 4-month-old Sterling Koehn dead in the swing in a dark, sweltering bedroom.
An autopsy shows he died of malnutrition, dehydration and an E. coli infection caused by being left in the maggot-infested diaper for up to two weeks.
The boy’s father, Zachary Koehn, already has been sentenced to life in prison .
