LAPORTE, Ind. (AP) - A jury has found a woman not guilty of murder and neglect in the death of a newborn girl that was found in a field near her LaPorte County home.

The verdict was read early Thursday after jurors deliberated for over eight hours.

Kathy Phillips was charged in the death of the baby her husband, Garry, told police he found in a garbage bag on their property near Rolling Prairie on March 12, 2006.

Prosecutors said DNA testing showed that the Phillips were the biological parents of the infant, but they denied it. Kathy Phillips also denies having been pregnant before the dead child was found.

Deputy Prosecutor Jennifer Evans says they presented the best circumstantial case they could. The defense did not call any witnesses in the trial.

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