(Lyon County Courthouse - Community First Broadcasting Staff Photo)Rock Rapids, Iowa (KTIV-TV) The murder trial of a Little Rock mother is scheduled for December.
Court documents say the jury trial for Sydney Schneidermann of Little Rock, the mother charged in the death of her infant son in 2024, is to take place on Tuesday, December 8th, at 9:30 a.m. at the Lyon County Courthouse.
On August 31, 2024, Schneidermann was taken into custody with her husband without incident and booked into the Lyon County Jail.
She was charged with one count of first-degree murder and one count of child endangerment resulting in death, after the death of her six-week-old son. On Wednesday, September 11th, 2024, Schneidermann entered a plea of not guilty to the charges and waived her right to a speedy trial.
Brenan Schneidermann, her husband, was also charged with one count of child endangerment resulting in death. The state of Iowa dropped the charges against Brenan on December 5th, 2024.
The infant was in the couple’s custody at the time of his death, according to authorities.
As previously reported, investigators say the baby died in September 2023 from inflicted trauma while in his parents’ care. When Schneidermann arrived at the emergency room in Rock Rapids, medics determined the baby was in critical condition, and he was immediately flown to a hospital in Sioux Falls.
The infant remained in the hospital, where he died from his injuries on September 25th, 2023. Authorities say the Iowa Medical Examiner found head trauma and healed rib fractures, and an autopsy ruled the baby’s death a homicide.
