Angela Siebke, 47, was arrested on December 17, 2020 for the death of her newborn daughter in Moline, Illinois. The remains of Baby April, a newborn female, were found on April 11, 1992 by a man walking his dog alongside the Mississippi River when he saw a trash bag floating in the river. He opened the bag and found the infant’s body inside.
The FGG investigation was conducted by Parabon Nanolabs. CeCe Moore and her team of genealogists completed Baby April’s family tree all the way back to 1784.
On December 15, 2014 a ‘DNA Doe Warrant’ was issued by the Rock Island County DA for the female contributor using DNA of the mother retrieved from the crime scene. On December 17, 2020, Angela Renee Siebke, was arrested and charged with first degree murder and the desecration of human remains. She was 19 years-old when Baby April was born.
Siebke pled guilty on November 23, 2021, in Rock Island County Circuit Court to a lesser charge of child endangerment resulting in death. On February 15, 2022, she was sentenced in Rock Island County Circuit Court to two-years of time served, and was released from custody.
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