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

Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division

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.