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Megan Staude and her father Rodney were sentenced to 50 years in prison in connection with the death of her newborn baby

Both pleaded guilty to second-degree murder

Megan's newborn was discovered in a garbage bag in a roadside ditch

An Iowa woman and her father were sentenced to 50 years in prison in connection with the death of her newborn baby, who was found in a roadside ditch stuffed in a garbage bag.

Megan Staude and her father Rodney Staude were both sentenced on Monday, Sept. 22 after pleading guilty to second-degree murder.

According to prosecutors, Megan, who worked as a housekeeper, gave birth in February 2023 at the Norwalk home she shared with her father.

Afterwards, she "put the baby in a box and let the baby sit there," not spending any time with the newbo

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