SENTENCED: 25 years for Kristen Smith, who kidnapped her newborn nephew Kayden Powell
MADISON (AP) — A federal judge has sentenced a Colorado woman who kidnapped her newborn nephew from a Wisconsin home and left him outside in freezing temperatures in Iowa to 25 years in prison.
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Kayden Powell
Kristen Smith faced anywhere from 25 years to life. U.S. District Judge James Peterson gave her the minimum 25 years on Monday, October 27th -- saying she's a chronic liar but her mental health issues mitigated her sentence.
According to court documents and prosecutors, she took her half-sister's four-day-old son, Kayden Powell, from a home in the Town of Beloit early on February 5th. She abandoned the baby in a plastic tote outside an Iowa gas station as police closed in on her.
A police chief eventually found the boy alive and well after 29 hours in the cold.
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