Overview

• Lee Ann Daigle was sentenced to 6 years in prison for abandoning her newborn daughter in a gravel pit in 1985.
• The baby's remains were found by a dog and taken to a family's lawn, launching an investigation that went unsolved for decades.
• Advances in DNA technology allowed investigators to identify Daigle as the mother last year.
• Daigle pleaded guilty to manslaughter and apologized in court, saying she panicked instead of seeking help.
• She was originally charged with depraved indifference murder but received a suspended sentence.