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News footage of Logan Kruckenberg Anderson in court as he heard his guilty verdict on Nov. 5 (WMTV).
A Wisconsin man, responsible for the tragic death of his newborn daughter and leaving her lifeless in the snow, has been sentenced, although legal proceedings continue.
Logan Kruckenberg Anderson, now 21, was just 16 when his teenage girlfriend gave birth to their daughter in 2021. Shortly after the birth, which took place in a bathtub, Kruckenberg Anderson took the newborn, placed her in a backpack, and ventured into the woods. He left her exposed to the elements, covered by snow. Hearing her cries as he walked away, he returned and tragically ended her life with two gunshots to the head.
On November 5, 2025, Kruckenberg Anderson was found guilty of first-degree intentional homicide and concealing a child’s body.
During a court appearance on Monday, he received his sentence. Online court records indicate he was given life imprisonment with the possibility of supervised release after 45 years for the homicide charge. Additionally, for concealing the child’s body, he received a concurrent sentence of four years in prison and three years of extended supervision, with 1,891 days credited for time already served.
The defense has filed a motion to dismiss, and prosecutors have 120 days to respond, according to court records. Until then, Kruckenberg Anderson remains in the custody of the Green County Sheriff’s Department, and he has been ordered to have no contact with the child’s mother.
As Law&Crime previously reported, the baby was born on Jan. 5, 2021, to Kruckenberg Anderson’s then-14-year-old girlfriend. The teenage couple hid the pregnancy until the baby, who was named Harper, was born in a bathtub. The girlfriend’s father called 911 after he had not seen the baby for days.
Police questioned the teenagers, who claimed that they tried to put Harper up for adoption through someone they met on Snapchat. Kruckenberg Anderson eventually confessed to police, telling them that he intended to leave Harper out in the cold to die of exposure. When she cried, he went back to execute her.
Prosecutor Adrienne Blais told the court, “It’s about one person fantasizing playing house. It’s about one person bent on erasing a problem, because that was what Harper was to him. A problem to screw up his life, so he got rid of her, so he just tried to make her go away.”
Court records indicated that a hearing to discuss the motion to dismiss has not yet been set.