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Update: Missing Albany baby found dead; investigation continues
Newborn reported missing Saturday, found dead Sunday
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Anyone who saw this person walking on this date, or has any information about this person, is asked to contact the Green County Sheriff’s Department at 608-328-9400.

Update: 12:49 p.m., Jan. 12, 2021

ALBANY, WI – The Green County District Attorney’s Office has filed charges in the death of a newborn baby that was found deceased on January 10.

Logan T. Kruckenberg Anderson, age 16 of Albany, Wis., has been charged with First Degree Intentional Homicide and Hiding a Corpse. Kruckenberg will be charged as an adult. 

Kruckenberg was arrested on January 10, 2020 and is being housed at the Rock County Juvenile Detention Center.

For more information on the case, see the Saturday, Jan. 16 edition of the Times.


ALBANY — The search for a 5-day-old Albany infant came to an end Jan. 10 when the child’s body was found at an unspecified Southern Wisconsin location.

The death is being investigated as a homicide, the Wisconsin Department of Justice reports. A person of interest has been taken into custody as investigation continues. Three photographs of a person walking in Albany on Jan. 5 were released to the public. The DOJ is asking for anyone who saw the photographed individual or has information on them to contact the Green County Sheriff’s Department at 608-328-9400.

The female infant was born Jan. 5 inside of an Albany residence, according to Green County Sheriff Jeff Skatrud and Albany Police Chief Robert Ritter in a press release from the Green County Sheriff’s Department said. It was reported that the baby’s father then removed her from the residence and handed her over to an unidentified third party. She had not been seen since and was reported missing Jan. 9.

baby murderer
Anyone who saw this person walking on this date, or has any information about this person, is asked to contact the Green County Sheriff’s Department at 608-328-9400.

Due to the information available at the time, the case did not fit criteria for an Amber Alert.

The Albany Police Department is leading the investigation, with assistance from the Green County Sheriff’s Office, Green County District Attorney, Green County Child Protective Services, Green County Coroner’s Office, FBI, Wisconsin Department of Justice Division of Criminal Investigation, Wisconsin State Crime Laboratory, Wisconsin State Patrol, and Wisconsin K9 SOS Search and Rescue.

The investigation of the death is still active. Anyone with information about this incident should contact the Green County Sheriff’s Department at 608-328-9400.

More information will be released as it becomes available.