RED WING, Minn. – A southern Minnesota woman is facing up to 27 years in prison for the death of her infant son nearly 20 years ago.
Goodhue County prosecutors said Jennifer Matter, 50, of Red Wing has pleaded guilty to the murder of the boy found along the shore of Lake Pepin in December of 2003.
Matter admitted to placing the newborn near the water without clothes or a blanket and driving away.
DNA testing showed Matter is also the mother of a baby girl recovered from the Mississippi River in 1999 near Red Wing.