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Bentaas gave birth to the baby when she was 19, but defense attorneys told the court that she didn’t know she was pregnant until the baby was born, when she found he wasn’t breathing.

Sioux fallsSouth dakotaUnited statesTheresa bentaasBradley zellDakota circuit judge bradley zellA south dakota woman who entered an alford plea last year in the 1981 death of her newborn son was released on parole after serving less than three months prisonS stipulated by the judgeTate corrections officials said monday theresa bentaasAs granted parole march 17 but was not immediately released ina notice mondayOrrections officials said bentaas had been freeda passerby found newborn son wrapped in blankets ina sioux falls ditch that winter an autopsy he likely died from exposure anda failure to assist maintaining his airway during birth the boys death wasnt solved until 2019Hen advances in dna technology led investigators to charge bentaasHo entered the alford plea toa first degree manslaughter charge last october means she maintained her innocence but acknowledged that evidence could leada judge or jury to convict south dakota circuit bradley zell sentenced bentaas in december 10 years prison suspended nine of those and said should serve only two months also spent 73 days jail before went during sentencing hearing it was unclear whether son died from complications birth abandoning him outside winter gave baby when 19Ut defense attorneys told the court that she didnt know was pregnant until baby bornHen she found he wasnt breathingAp news