Friday, October 29, 1999
No bond again in baby's death
Prosecutor: Accused mom is flight risk
BY STEVE KEMME
The Cincinnati Enquirer
HAMILTON — For the second time, a Butler County judge has denied bond to a woman who is accused of placing her newborn daughter in a plastic bag and throwing her in a garbage can.
The attorneys for Carin Madden, 20, of Wayne Township argued that she deserved the chance to post a bond and be released from the Butler County Jail.
But Common Pleas Judge Keith Spaeth refused to set bond. He had previously denied her bond when she was arraigned Sept. 24.
Ms. Madden, teary-eyed, was led out of the courtroom in handcuffs.
In late August, Ms. Madden gave birth to the girl in the basement of the house she shares with her parents, just south of Jacksonburg, authorities said. Prosecutors said they believe the baby may have been alive while in the garbage can. A Rumpke garbage truck operator found the infant's body in the back of his truck and called police.
Ms. Madden is charged with aggravated murder and gross abuse of a corpse. If convicted, she could face the death penalty.
Assistant prosecutor Dan Gattermeyer told the judge that the possibility of facing the death penalty would make her a high risk to flee if released from jail.
“The defendant did confess to killing her baby,” he said.
But her attorneys, Craig Hedric and Don Moser, said she is not a flight risk and poses no danger to the public.
“Ms. Madden has no prior criminal record,” Mr. Hedric said. “She has lived with her parents for 16 years in Butler County.”
They said Ms. Madden would agree to any restrictions if released from jail.
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