How Could You? Hall of Shame-Joleen Anderson-Child Death

This will be an archive of heinous actions by those involved in child welfare, foster care and adoption. We forewarn you that these are deeply disturbing stories that may involve sex abuse, murder, kidnapping and other horrendous actions.

From Owatonna, Minnesota, former foster parent Joleen Anderson,51, “lost her license after a baby died in her care.”

“This stemmed from an incident in November 2013. According to the criminal complaint, Joleen Anderson, 51, left an infant on its stomach in a crib while she went upstairs. The complaint says Anderson then left the home for awhile, leaving the infant in someone else’s care. When she returned, the infant was found unresponsive.
Emergency crews were not able to resuscitate the child, and the infant died.

Anderson appeared in Steele County Court on Monday and asked for an Omnibus hearing, which is a pre-trial hearing to determine the admissibility of evidence, including testimony and evidence seized at the time of the arrest.

Anderson is charged with both a gross misdemeanor and felony counts of endangering a child.”

Foster parent’s license revoked after infant dies in her care[KTTc 8/29/14 by Krista Corrigan]