MADISON - A federal judge has sentenced a Colorado woman who kidnapped her newborn nephew from a Wisconsin home and left him outside in freezing temperatures in Iowa to 25 years in prison.
Kristen Smith faced anywhere from 25 years to life. U.S. District Judge James Peterson gave her the minimum 25 years on Monday, saying she's a chronic liar but her mental health issues mitigated her sentence.
According to court documents and prosecutors, she took her half-sister's 4-day-old son, Kayden Powell, from a home in the Town of Beloit early on Feb. 5.
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