MADISON – A Colorado woman who stands accused of taking her tiny infant nephew to Iowa and leaving him in a duffel bag outside an Iowa gas station appeared in a Wisconsin courtroom Friday.
Kristen R. Smith, age 31, of Denver, Colorado, has been charged with kidnapping in Wisconsin. She made her first appearance on the charge Friday in Madison, Wisconsin.
The complaint alleges that on February 6, 2014, Smith took the infant from a home in Wisconsin and transported the child across state lines to Iowa. Smith was arrested February 6th in Iowa on unrelated charges and was later transported to Wisconsin.