Mom Killed and Froze Babies

(Germany) Sentenced today, German hausfrau Monika Halbe, 44, received four years and three months in prison for killing and freezing two of her babies. Halbe was convicted of manslaughter in the case where she admitted to freezing the infants but denied killing them.

Although a third baby was found frozen, Halbe was not convicted of the death because the statute of limitations had expired.

In the macabre case that has made national headlines, it was the defendant's teenage son who had discovered the girls' tiny corpses in plastic bags in May when looking for a pizza in the basement freezer.

The deaths are believed to have occurred between 1986 and 2007.

Halbe's lawyer explained that she didn't like doctors and suffered from alcoholism while requesting a suspended sentence. The prosecutors wanted eight and one-half years.

By any measure, Halbe has to be considered heartless.