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Article: Charges filed in newborn's death; body never found; What the young parents told police about how their baby died will be central in this murder case without a body.(NEWS)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- September 21, 2007
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Byline: Jim Adams; Staff Writer
The newborn girl didn't live long enough to be named. Her life ended in a bathtub in a Burnsville apartment one night more than two years ago. Her body was never found. Now authorities are seeking justice for the child no one knew. Her mother told police she drowned her daughter because her boyfriend threatened to kill them both if she didn't get rid of the baby.
Samantha A. Heiges, 21, of Coon Rapids, was charged Thursday with second-degree murder and first-degree manslaughter in Dakota County District Court. The baby's father, Erik R. Matlock, 22, of Blaine, was charged with aiding an offender in the crime.
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