RED WING, Minn. – The sheriff of Goodhue County, Marty Kelly, who led the investigation into two infanticide cases, said the conviction of Jennifer Matter was justice served. Mater, 51, was sentenced last week to 25 years in prison. Kelly released this statement: “Two newborn-babies never had an opportunity to speak, to grow, to learn, to love and to make an impact in whatever they chose to do. As a parent, the Number One unwritten rule of parenthood is to protect your children at all costs. The defendant, the mother of these newborn-babies, betrayed their trust. This betrayal cost two souls from flourishing and a great deal of pain in our community.”
Kelly. The deaths, both on banks of the Mississippi River, were in 1999 and 2003.