The teenage girl from Gordon who stabbed her newborn to death in November has pleaded no contest to a charge of 2nd Degree Murder.
Tuesday in Sheridan County District Court, 17-year-old Chloe Coplen-Anderson signed the plea agreement, which resulted in the dismissal of charges of Use of a Deadly Weapon to Commit a Felony and Commit Child Abuse Intentionally Resulting in Death.
Coplen-Anderson was arrested following the discovery of the newborn’s body on November 6th of last year.
District Judge Travis O’Gorman ordered an October 15th sentencing status hearing following a presentencing investigation. The teen will face a prison sentence ranging from 20 years to life.
