MONROE — Following years of legal wrangling and a heart-wrenching trial, Logan T. Kruckenberg-Anderson, 21, of Albany, was sentenced on March 16 to life in prison for killing his infant daughter in January 2021. Under the sentence, Kruckenberg-Anderson is eligible for extended supervision 45 years from the date of his 2021 arrest.

The trial was among the most high-profile criminal trials in Green County in years.

Kruckenberg-Anderson also received a concurrent sentence of four years initial confinement and three years extended supervision for concealing a child’s corpse. The case was investigated jointly by the Green County Sheriff’s Office with assistance from the Wisconsin Department of Justice Division of Criminal Investigation and the Albany Police Department. It was prosecuted jointly by the Green County District Attorney’s Office and the Wisconsin Department of Justice.

“This was a horrifying and extraordinarily tragic case,” said Attorney General Josh Kaul, in a statement. “Thank you to the investigators and prosecutors whose work ensured that justice was served.”

“This sentence reflects the egregious nature of the Defendant’s acts and ensures the defendant is held accountable for a horrific act of violence,” said District Attorney Craig R. Nolen. “This sentence would not have been possible without the dedicated work of law enforcement and prosecutors, justice has been served, and we are all safer as a result.”

According to the evidence at trial, Kruckenberg-Anderson removed his newborn daughter from the care of her mother on the day of her birth, packed her in a small backpack, brought her to nearby woods, shot and killed her. Then, he covered her with snow, and left the scene.

“Either someone takes it, or it takes a slug,” the now 21-year-old defendant texted the mother via social media in the weeks leading up to the birth, Assistant District Attorney Laura Kohl told a jury during her opening statement of the trial on October 28.

A Green County jury convicted Kruckenberg-Anderson in November 2025 of first-degree intentional homicide and concealing a child’s corpse. After eight days of trial in Green County Circuit Court, the jury returned from its deliberations about two hours later with a guilty verdict on both counts: first-degree intentional homicide and move, bury, or hide the corpse of a child. The young mother was never charged with a crime in the case and cooperated with police in the investigation.

The trial itself was delayed for many months, stretching into years, by back-and-forth rulings and appeals — largely centered around the defendant’s statements to police in a series of interviews and interrogations immediately following the murder. An appeals court at one point agreed to throw out some parts of a confession to police but also agreed to include portions of a previously excluded, initial confession by the defendant at the Brodhead Police Department.

Reacting to the sentence, Nolen also reflected the weight of such a high-profile and tragic case on the region.

“The sentence imposed by Judge Bucher represents the culmination of over five years of hard work and dedication of law enforcement, prosecutors, and members of the criminal justice system,” he said, via email. “Kruckenberg-Anderson’s heinous murder of a newborn child will not be forgotten by those of us who spent countless hours seeking justice for Harper. At this time, I hope that Harper’s mother and maternal family members can seek comfort knowing that justice has been served.”

Nolen added that the sentence will ensure that he will not have any chance at freedom again until he is 60.

Kruckenberg-Anderson has been in Green County jail since the January 2021. Kruckenberg-Anderson was transported from the Green County Jail on March 19, 2026 to Dodge Correctional Institution to begin serving his sentence. 

He still has more legal matters to deal with in Green County, however, which are likely to be adjudicated remotely.

According to a criminal complaint, Kruckenberg-Anderson, 21, at one point last July, disassembled a jail issued razor blade, and allegedly hid the blade under a mattress. As a result, he was charged with felony possession of an illegal article.

Razor blades are counted and collected after use for inmate and guard safety. And that missing piece of blade prompted a shake-down in the facility that required bringing in additional manpower and at least one road deputy to accomplish.