Legal Opinion
State v. Pankow
Court of Appeals of Wisconsin
Decided March 29, 1988No. 87-0834-CRPublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCane, P.J.
Sandra Pankow appeals her convictions, two counts of second-degree murder, sec. 940.02, Stats. The events leading to criminal charges occurred during a five-year period while Pankow was engaged in baby-sitting a number of children in her home. Three infants died in separate incidents while in Pankow’s care.
The deaths of Kristin Hamilton on December 29, 1980, and Shawn Bloomer on August 10, 1982, were originally diagnosed as sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). After the third death, Tyler Kloes on October 25, 1985, Outagamie County Coroner Phil Russell arranged for an autopsy of Tyler Kloes…
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