Mom charged in newborn’s death suffers mental struggles that may complicate court case: expert
A Winnipeg mother charged in the death of her newborn daughter has a low IQ and little understanding of consequences, a court was told during a previous sentencing hearing — making the current case against her both rare and potentially complex, a legal expert says.
Three weeks ago, police announced Jeanene Rosa Moar had been charged with manslaughter and concealing the body of a child after investigators said they discovered the infant’s body in a garbage bin on a north Winnipeg back lane.
At a sentencing in 2016, a Manitoba provincial court heard Moar had significant cognitive and adaptive functioning