A 27-year-old Connecticut mother has been charged with murder after her one-month-old baby was found dead in a brook behind a Washington home earlier this year, according to Connecticut State Police and court records.

Posted by Sadie Fleming on Sunday, May 11, 2025Sadie Nicole Fleming, of Washington, was arrested Wednesday, Oct. 15, on an active warrant charging her with murder with special circumstances and risk of injury to a child, according to Connecticut State Police.

Detective Daniel Koehler of the Connecticut State Police Western District Major Crime Squad wrote in an affidavit that troopers were called to Brinsmade Road on June 8, after family members reported Fleming and her infant son missing.

A Silver Alert was issued late that morning as police, drones, and search dogs scour

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