'It's about dignity': Coroner seeks identity of dead infant’s father in Mifflin County case

WGAL ^ | May 26, 2026 | AJ Sisson

[Morgana]

WAYNE TOWNSHIP, Pa. —

Authorities are searching for the biological father of an infant who died in Mifflin County, as the child’s mother faces homicide charges. The county coroner wants to find the father's identity to make final arrangements for the deceased infant.

According to charging documents, 20-year-old Jordyn Lynn Kauffman left the infant, a baby girl with brown hair and blue eyes, in her Wayne Township yard shortly after giving birth.

In the affidavit, Pennsylvania State Police said Kauffman told hospital staff she did not want a child while she was pregnant, and declined post-birth services offered to her to help raise the child.

Kauffman also told police her father "would disown her and kick her out" if he learned of her pregnancy. The Mifflin County Coroner says none of the 20-year-old's family knew of the incoming baby.

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TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: infant; pennsylvania; prolife

[Morgana]

She could have left the baby at a fire station yet she left the poor mite in a field?

[Veto!]

Horrible, stupid excuse for a woman.
Hope she’s charged with mrder.

[Morgana]

Pennsylvania ping

[alexander_busek]

She's a "porker" and was thus able to conceal her pregnancy all the way up until the time of birth.

So sad, the totally unnecessary death of the child!

Regards,

[Adder]

Not sure why its so important for the father to be found...for funeral arrangements. Especially if DNA test results take 4-6 weeks.

The girl, however, deserves maximum sentences. We need to make dumb as a bag of hammers a felony...

[sistergoldenhair]

If she was able to hide the pregnancy from the people living with her, it’s unlikely the father knew she was pregnant.

[lightman]

Pennsylvania Ping!

Please ping me with articles of interest.

FReepmail me to be added to the list.

[riverrunner]

So the county doesn’t have to pay the bill.

[Adder]

The article said something to the effect that if the father was not found, the grandparents would do it.

So...

[Mathews]

Unless he did and that’s the bee in the coroner’s bonnet.