A mother has been found guilty of murdering her 4-month-old son whose lifeless body was found in an infant swing in northeast Iowa. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports that jurors found 21-year-old Cheyanne Harris guilty of first-degree murder and child endangerment resulting in death. Authorities have said the body of 4-month-old Sterling Koehn was infested with maggots when he was found Aug. 30, 2017, in the swing in a dark, sweltering bedroom by deputies and medics called to his parents’ Alta Vista apartment. An autopsy showed the infant died of malnutrition, dehydration and an E. coli infection caused by being left in a maggot-infested diaper for up to two weeks.The child’s father, Zachary Koehn, was convicted Nov. 6, 2018, of first-degree murder and child endangerment. A conviction on first-degree murder carries a mandatory sentence of life in prison without parole in Iowa. Koehn is seeking a new trial.

A mother has been found guilty of murdering her 4-month-old son whose lifeless body was found in an infant swing in northeast Iowa.

The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports that jurors found 21-year-old Cheyanne Harris guilty of first-degree murder and child endangerment resulting in death.


Authorities have said the body of 4-month-old Sterling Koehn was infested with maggots when he was found Aug. 30, 2017, in the swing in a dark, sweltering bedroom by deputies and medics called to his parents’ Alta Vista apartment.

An autopsy showed the infant died of malnutrition, dehydration and an E. coli infection caused by being left in a maggot-infested diaper for up to two weeks.

The child’s father, Zachary Koehn, was convicted Nov. 6, 2018, of first-degree murder and child endangerment.

A conviction on first-degree murder carries a mandatory sentence of life in prison without parole in Iowa. Koehn is seeking a new trial.