Minnesota Woman Charged With Murdering Her Infant Daughter

Champlin, MN (MinnesotaNow) - A 25-year-old Twin Cities woman was formally charged today with second-degree murder in the death of her 18-month-old child.

The criminal complaint against Maige Elizabeth Yang says she admitted to killing the child and then attempting suicide. The murder-attempted suicide occurred Sunday in Champlin, where police officers responded to a report of a child not breathing.

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According to the criminal complaint, officers located the baby on the floor in the living room of the home and attempted to provide life-saving measures. Officers were also told Yang was in distress and found her partially conscious in an upstairs bedroom. Both the mother and the child were transported to a hospital, where the infant was pronounced dead.

Deadly Incident Followed Custody Hearing

Court documents say Yang’s parents provided statements to investigators and indicated that temporary custody of the child had been granted to the victim’s father following a court hearing. When they returned to the family’s home, Yang’s parents told police she took the child to an upstairs bedroom and locked the door.

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Her father later went to check on them and, after discovering the door was locked, forced it open. He told police he found the child on the floor with her lips turning blue. He indicated he grabbed the baby and ran downstairs, where he called 911.

$1.5 Million Bail

The criminal complaint says Yang later admitted to investigators that she placed a significant amount of a sleeping medication into her daughter’s bottle and fed it to her with the intent to end the child’s life, “hoping it would make the victim pass peacefully in her sleep.”

Yang was arraigned today in Hennepin County Court, where her bail was set at $1.5 million.

If you or someone you know is having suicidal thoughts, visit the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline website. Resource information is provided for free as well as a chat message service. To speak directly to a professional, call 988. You are not alone and help is available. Every life is important

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