Mom Snuck Out with Newborn When Baby's Father Went to the Bathroom. Then She Strangled Him to Death

Mar. 15, 2025

Miles Basellio.Photo:GoFundMe

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A Colorado mother has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in connection with her 2-month-old son’s death in 2023, according to aBoulder County news release.

After her Aug. 7 guilty plea, Anna Englund, 31, was immediately sentenced to 40 years in prison. As part of the plea deal, first-degree murder charges were dropped against Englund, who strangled son Miles Basellio to death.

Anna Englund.Boulder County Sheriff’s Office

Boulder County Sheriff’s Office

On June 10, 2023, around 4:30 p.m., authorities were called for a welfare check on a woman who was possibly having a mental health crisis, police said, per9 NBC News.

Miles’ father had been was concerned about Englund’s mental health and behavior with the infant. When he went to the bathroom, Englund used the opportunity to leave the home with the child, driving to a location and then strangling him, according to the release.

Per the affidavit, she said to authorities that “she was worried about all of the things that could happen” to Miles “because the world was ‘crazy.’”

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Prior to the June 2023 incident, Englund went to the hospital twice before for suicidal ideation, per 9 NBC News, which cites court records. Miles’ father also told the outlet that Englund was at Boulder Community Health — the hospital at which the pair had been found — and that the doctors released her after a few days for both visits.

While she was in the hospital’s care, she was prescribed medication, “but she only took it once and she felt more suicidal…she refused to take it again,” the affidavit said,The Denver Postreports.

AGoFundMepage was previously created to raise funds for Miles' funeral.

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source: people.com