Mother of dumped baby faces 30 days in jail

The Des Moines Register reports:

A 22-year-old recent Iowa State University graduate who admittedly dumped a newborn child in rural Audubon County last year will likely face just 30 days in jail on a simple misdemeanor charge, law enforcement officials said Monday.

Investigators acted on an anonymous tip in December and collected a DNA sample from Kristen Stoberl of Ames. Results came back Monday that confirmed Stoberl was the mother, Audubon County Sheriff David Beane said.

Stoberl went to sheriff's office with her parents two days later and admitted she gave birth to a stillborn child alone in a bathtub at her parents' Audubon home in early September and then disposed of it about 10 miles away in an isolated area.

The culture of death is alive and well in America.