A Wisconsin jury has found 21-year-old Logan Kruckenberg Anderson guilty of first-degree intentional homicide after he fatally shot his newborn daughter and hid her body beneath a blanket of snow.
The verdict, delivered Wednesday in Green County Circuit Court, comes nearly four years after the shocking 2021 killing that gripped the Monroe community and drew national attention across true crime and legal news outlets. Jurors took just over two hours to reach their decision, according to WMTV.
Prosecutors said Kruckenberg Anderson was only 16 when he carried out the act. His newborn daughter, Harper, was born on January 5, 2021, after his then-14-year-old girlfriend secretly gave birth in a bathtub. The pair initially told investigators they had arranged through Snapchat to give the baby to an adoption agency, but the story quickly unraveled.
During questioning, Kruckenberg Anderson confessed to taking the infant into nearby woods, leaving her exposed in the freezing cold, and later shooting her twice in the head after hearing her cry. He then covered her body with snow before leaving the scene.
Investigators recovered Harper’s remains after the teenager led police to the location. Prosecutors described the killing as an act of “erasing a problem.” Assistant District Attorney Adrienne Blais told jurors, “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.”
Defense attorney Kevin Smith argued that both teenagers had been “lying,” urging jurors to focus on “physical evidence” rather than Kruckenberg Anderson’s multiple confessions. But the jury rejected that argument, finding him guilty on all charges, including hiding a corpse.
Kruckenberg Anderson now faces a mandatory life sentence. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for March 16, 2026.
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