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Defendant pleads guilty after forensic genealogy exposes 1988 murder of newborn at Sheppard AFB

United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Ryan Raybould announced that on Sept. 9, Tammy Sue Kerns, 58, pleaded guilty to second degree murder for killing her newborn son on or about Aug. 4, 1988, at the U.S. Air Force Regional Hospital at Sheppard Air Force Base in Wichita Falls, Texas.

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United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Ryan Raybould announced that on Sept. 9, Tammy Sue Kerns, 58, pleaded guilty to second degree murder for killing her newborn son on or about Aug. 4, 1988, at the U.S. Air Force Regional Hospital at Sheppard Air Force Base in Wichita Falls, Texas.

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    Defendant pleads guilty after forensic genealogy exposes 1988 murder of newborn at Sheppard AFB

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Confidence · formula confidence-2.1.0
Source trust97
Independent corroboration51
Primary evidence100
Claim consistency82
Extraction confidence82
Attribution quality90
Impact · formula impact-2.1.0
Event magnitude45
Market relevance88
Entity significance42
Market breadth45
Novelty68
Urgency46
Ranking · formula rank-1.0.0
Confidence factor0.9235
Freshness factor0.7628
Breaking bonus0