{"id":281445,"date":"2022-12-13T06:42:27","date_gmt":"2022-12-13T12:42:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=281445"},"modified":"2022-12-12T15:09:18","modified_gmt":"2022-12-12T21:09:18","slug":"iowa-parents-drowning-newborn-adoption-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/iowa-parents-drowning-newborn-adoption-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Iowa parents arrested for drowning newborn in tub just after birth despite adoption plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last month, horrified Iowans learned a baby had mysteriously died and the child&#8217;s body was missing. On November 29, the\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fortdodgeiowa.org\/police\/?fbclid=IwAR3_lhyd6bZ71PriDqw6-C5FUu3y9xu62mAU7tVS6fvI327jK39sBWDwVxY\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Police Department<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0in Fort Dodge announced a homicide investigation. They <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo\/?fbid=513703340792778&amp;set=a.228376285992153\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">received a tip<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on November 22, that \u201ca female had given birth to a [baby] at home, that the newborn was later deceased and the body was moved\u2026.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A tight-knit city of 24,000, Fort Dodge is in the North Central part of Iowa. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo?fbid=520563810106731&amp;set=pcb.520564150106697\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Local law enforcement<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> worked to solve the murder, alongside community members and businesses, as well as 13 federal, state, and local agencies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>LAW ENFORCEMENT QUICKLY SOLVES CASE OF BABY MURDERED JUST AFTER HER BIRTH<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two weeks later, on December 7, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fortdodgeiowa.org\/police\/?fbclid=IwAR3_lhyd6bZ71PriDqw6-C5FUu3y9xu62mAU7tVS6fvI327jK39sBWDwVxY\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">local police<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> announced that they had <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo\/?fbid=520563810106731&amp;set=pcb.520564150106697\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">made arrests<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the case.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brandon Thoma, 31, was charged with Class A Felony Murder First Degree and Felony Abuse of a Corpse. Bail is set at a $1 million cash bond and a $50,000 cash bond for discarding the body in an undisclosed location. He is being held in the Webster County Jail.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>URGENT:\u00a0<\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/give.liveaction.org\/future-of-abortion\/?utm_source=lan&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_campaign=minibomb\"><b><i>For every dollar given, 34 more people can be reached with the truth about abortion. Will you join us in this life-saving work as a monthly donor today?<\/i><\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, Taylor Blaha, 24, was charged with Class A Felony Murder First Degree. Incarcerated in the Hamilton County Jail, her bail is a $1 million cash bond.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They appeared separately before the Webster County Magistrate Court on December 8. Both have preliminary hearings on December 15. If convicted, Felony Murder First Degree carries a mandatory life sentence, and a Class C Felony is a 10-year maximum prison sentence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>MOTHER OF THE CHILD HOSPITALIZED SEVERAL DAYS AFTER GIVING BIRTH<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In her <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/htv-prod-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/files\/blaha-taylor-complaint-1670511420.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">affidavit<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Detective Amy Stringer of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.webstercountyia.gov\/departments\/sheriff\/index.php\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Webster County Sheriff&#8217;s Office<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0wrote, \u201con November 22, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.webstercountyia.gov\/departments\/sheriff\/index.php\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Law Enforcement<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> received a call \u2026 reporting that a woman had been admitted to a hospital, that she had given birth to a baby at home and later [the baby] had been buried\u2026 Detective [Stringer] went to the hospital.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During her interview, Blaha stated that they learned she was pregnant in April and that they are also parents to a two-year old son. According to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/htv-prod-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/files\/blaha-taylor-complaint-1670511420.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">her<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Thoma has at least three children with different women.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>MOTHER CONFESSES THE PAIR TRIED TO ABORT THEIR THEN-PREBORN BABY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/htv-prod-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/files\/blaha-taylor-complaint-1670511420.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">admitted<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> they had attempted, unsuccessfully, to kill their child while still in the womb, but the method and number of attempts are unknown. Authorities later confirmed that their <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/htv-prod-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/files\/blaha-taylor-complaint-1670511420.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">electronic devices<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> revealed searches for \u201chow to force a miscarriage.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She gave birth on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/htv-prod-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/files\/blaha-taylor-complaint-1670511420.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">November 16<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in their bathroom apartment. She asked Thoma for more methamphetamine due to her pain. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/htv-prod-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/files\/blaha-taylor-complaint-1670511420.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Using scissors<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, he cut the umbilical cord. In a sick twist, they kept some as a memento.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The baby was reportedly alive, opening her eyes, and moving her arms and legs. They named her Kayleen Lee Blaha before they killed her.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>PARENTS CLAIM TO HAVE ACTED OUT OF FEAR<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thoma later <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/who13.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2022\/12\/thoma_complaint.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">confessed<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that in their drugged haze, they worried they would lose custody of their children if authorities found drugs in baby Kayleen\u2019s system. The baby&#8217;s crying caused them to panic. As <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/htv-prod-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/files\/blaha-taylor-complaint-1670511420.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Blaha sat in their half-filled bathtub<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, they both allegedly pressed down on the baby\u2019s chest, forcing her underwater, until she drowned.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The next morning, Thoma left with a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/htv-prod-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/files\/blaha-taylor-complaint-1670511420.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">backpack containing baby Kayleen\u2019s corpse<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and returned within 20 minutes, according to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/who13.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2022\/12\/thoma_complaint.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">video surveillance<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. He reportedly did this so \u201cthat [the baby] could not be located to be utilized as evidence of a crime against them.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Their <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/who13.com\/news\/iowa-news\/fort-dodge-parents-allegedly-drowned-baby-in-bathtub-just-after-birth-affidavit-says\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">text messages<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> confirmed that he disposed of her body in a wooded area. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/htv-prod-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/files\/blaha-taylor-complaint-1670511420.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Multiple searches<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> yielded nothing. Later, Thoma\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/htv-prod-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/files\/blaha-taylor-complaint-1670511420.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">led police<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> near a landfill. However, after a two-day, full excavation, no body was found.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While searches have thus far been unsuccessful, officials remain committed. &#8220;We have not located the newborn, but that does not mean we won&#8217;t continue to keep trying to,&#8221; affirmed <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcci.com\/article\/fort-dodge-iowa-police-arrests-in-newborn-homicide-investigation\/42181830\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fort Dodge Police Captain Dennis Quinn<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A $1,500 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wccrimestoppers.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Crime Stoppers<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> reward is available for credible information. Anonymous tips are accepted, and information can be given to the\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fortdodgeiowa.org\/police\/?fbclid=IwAR3_lhyd6bZ71PriDqw6-C5FUu3y9xu62mAU7tVS6fvI327jK39sBWDwVxY\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">local police<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Blaha shared that they \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/htv-prod-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/files\/blaha-taylor-complaint-1670511420.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">had no intentions<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of keeping the baby.\u201d Her sister was going to adopt her.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adoption is only one of a myriad of legal options they could have chosen. Abortion is repugnant and, morally, always the wrong choice. The tragic reality is that, according to state law, Blaha could have <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/iowa-gov-terry-branstad-signs-bill-banning-abortions-20-weeks-law\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">aborted Baby Kayleen<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> through the first twenty weeks of her pregnancy, as Iowa is currently an <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/abortion-across-americas-heartland-preborn-roe\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">abortion sanctuary state<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Tragically, if they had chosen to \u201clegally\u201d kill their preborn baby, they would not be facing imprisonment for the rest of their lives. They would be celebrated by pro-abortion supporters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>MANY LIFE-SAVING OPTIONS IN IOWA FOR PARENTS IN CRISIS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Had they decided against placing their baby with family, they still had several choices. This past June, Governor Kim Reynolds signed the bi-partisianly supported <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.keyc.com\/2022\/06\/14\/iowa-gov-reynolds-signs-several-bills-into-law\/?outputType=amp\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Safe Haven expansion<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It is the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.raccoonvalleyradio.com\/2018\/04\/03\/safe-haven-bill-signed-into-law\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">second time<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in four years state lawmakers have strengthened <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dhs.iowa.gov\/safe-haven\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this Act<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, one of the most expansive in the nation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dhs.iowa.gov\/safe-haven\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Safe Haven Act<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was enacted more than 20 years ago, after a newborn baby <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sports.ottumwaradio.com\/iowa-house-votes-to-expand-safe-haven-law\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was strangled and abandoned<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in a snowbank in Chelsea, Iowa. Over the last two and a half decades, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.desmoinesregister.com\/story\/news\/2021\/06\/11\/iowa-baby-born-in-april-released-to-the-custody-iowa-department-of-human-services-safe-haven-act\/7650917002\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">nearly 50 children<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> have reportedly been saved through <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dhs.iowa.gov\/safe-haven\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this Act<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These parents could have relinquished baby Kayleen to staff members at any hospital, residential care facility, nursing facility, intermediate care facility for persons with mental illness, or intermediate care facility for persons with an intellectual disability.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Under <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dhs.iowa.gov\/safe-haven\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Safe Haven Act provisions<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, they were even allowed to leave her at a hospital or healthcare facility so long as they immediately contacted that location to alert them that a baby was left there or called 911 to confirm that someone on duty was aware of the baby\u2019s location.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If they could not go to any of these places, the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dhs.iowa.gov\/safe-haven\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Safe Haven Act<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> allows either parent or a person with parental authorization to call 911 and release custody to emergency responders, no questions asked.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Baby Kayleen\u2019s parents had <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dhs.iowa.gov\/safe-haven\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">90 days<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to release her through any of these channels, anonymously and without fear of arrest. Instead, they hatched a diabolical plan, lost two children and now face lifetime prison sentences. It is not publicly known who has custody of their toddler.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pledge.liveaction.org\/?utm_source=lan&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=prolife_pledge\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-277267\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/pledge-live-action-ad-970x250-700x180.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last month, horrified Iowans learned a baby had mysteriously died and the child&#8217;s body was missing. On November 29, the\u00a0Police Department\u00a0in Fort Dodge announced a homicide investigation. 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