LISBON, N.D. (AP Jul 23, 2013) – An attorney for a Fort Ransom woman charged with killing her nearly 2-year-old son is asking the judge in the case to throw out an interview during which she told police the child hit his head as she was changing his diaper.
 
     Twenty-nine-year-old Jodi Renae Lindvall has pleaded not guilty in Ransom County District Court to charges of murder and child neglect or abuse connected to the Sept. 22, 2012, death of her son, Bentley.
 
      Lindvall’s attorney, Peter Wold, has filed a motion to suppress an October interview in which police say Lindvall confessed to hurting Bentley. Wold says Lindvall had not been read her Miranda rights, which is generally required when police interview suspects in custody.

Previously…

LISBON, N.D. (AP Mar 7, 2013) – A Fort Ransom woman accused in the death of her toddler son has pleaded not guilty to murder.
 
     Twenty-nine-year-old Jodi Lindvall is charged in the death last September of 22-month-old Bentley Lindvall. Prosecutors say an autopsy determined the boy had been physically abused and died of a head injury.
 
 Lindvall is free pending her next court appearance. She could face life in prison if convicted.