MEDFORD, Wis. — A central Wisconsin woman accused of trying to kill four of her six children to spare them the pain of her divorce has pleaded insanity.
Wis. mother accused of trying to asphyxiate 4 of her 6 children enters insanity plea
July 23, 2013 at 1:50PM
Thirty-seven-year-old Heidi S. Mann of Rib Lake is charged with four counts of attempted first-degree intentional homicide. She's being held on $200,000 bail.
Online court records say she entered two pleas Monday: not guilty and not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect. She'll now be evaluated by a mental-health professional.
She's accused of putting her four youngest kids in an SUV and letting the engine run in a closed garage for two hours. Prosecutors say she was worried they couldn't handle her divorce.
The children survived without any apparent effects. They were 3, 6 and 9 and 12.
Defense attorney Shawn Paul declined to comment.
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