WINONA, Minn. — The woman accused of infanticide in the Baby Angel case wants a judge to dismiss the charge that she committed second-degree murder. The attorney for Jennifer Baechle filed an expected motion that there is no evidence of negligence. The basis for the motion, as reported earlier: The Winona County medical examiner, Lindsey Thomas, concluded the infant’s death was “undetermined.” The case dates to 2011 when a baby girl was found floating in a box in the Mississippi River downstream from Winona. The baby’s body was carefully backed with angel figurines. Without a cause of death being established, Bachle’s attorney says it cannot be proven that Baechle played a part in the infant’s death. A hearing on the motion has been scheduled next week.
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