Sheboygan District Attorney Joe DeCecco called it "a sad and tragic situation" that likely would have been addressed much sooner in today's environment of heightened child abuse awareness, mandatory reporting laws and more refined death investigations. Sheboygan County Sheriff's Department / AP 
 
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 James Klokow had watched enough TV shows to know that police have a lot more tools today to solve tough cases than they did when he was a little boy.And so, on a summer day two years ago, the 55-year-old Sheboygan, Wis., man walked into his city's police department and told detectives what he believed: that his mother killed his baby sister five decades earlier.Now Ruby Klokow, 74, stands charged with second-degree murder in the March 1, 1957, death of 7-month-old Jeaneen Marie Klokow. "Sheboygan police detective Paul Olsen, who investigated the case with detective Paul Hammann, told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that James Klokow first came forward because he'd been watching television shows about solving old crimes and hoped that with the advancements in forensics "maybe something could be done. The detectives then went back to interview Klokow again.This time, they said, she admitted she was frustrated that both Jeaneen and James Jr. were crying at the same time, so she grabbed Jeaneen from her stroller and threw her toward the couch, the complaint said. She is scheduled to appear for a preliminary hearing Wednesday afternoon in Sheboygan County Circuit Court.The charges, filed last week, came after two police detectives listened to James Klokow's suspicions and then dusted off the files from an original police investigation that declared the death an accident -– the girl's mother said the baby had fallen from a sofa and hit her head.But this time, in an interview with police detectives, Ruby Klokow "stated she shouldn't have had any children, wished that she never had children, and knew she was 'mean' to them," according to the criminal complaint.The charge of second-degree murder no longer even exists in Wisconsin. Mother feared prison 
 
 Ultimately, Klokow "acknowledged causing Jeaneen's death" and said she never told police the truth because she feared going to prison. And Ruby Klokow's mother and a sister both said they had seen Bruce bleeding from the face while sitting in his crib, according to the complaint, which notes that Bruce Klokow is mentally handicapped.Although the statute of limitations has expired on the other abuse allegations, DeCecco said they were included in the complaint because the statute under which Klokow was charged requires prosecutors to prove she caused the death "through dangerous conduct, evincing a depraved mind. "The criminal complaint details a long list of other abuse against the children, including allegations that she broke James Jr.'s arm and nose in separate incidents, and injured his knees by kicking him with steel-toed boots on multiple occasions.The complaint also says she made younger brother Bruce stand in a corner with a paper bag on his head at the age of 5 or 6 while she hit each of his toes with a hammer. Ruby Klokow denied causing her son Scott's death in 1964, and prosecutors said there was no evidence to support a charge in that case. Olsen, the detective, said it was a shame no one either helped Ruby Klokow, or prosecuted her, in the late 1950s. The baby, she said, let out a "different kind of cry" and her eyes looked strange, according to the complaint. Klokow was charged based on the criminal statutes as written in 1957, police said in a news release.
– More than 50 years after the suspicious death of a 7-month-old little girl, her mother has been arrested and charged with the killing. Jeaneen Marie Klokow supposedly died after falling off a sofa in 1957, but relatives thought Ruby C. Klokow, now 74, may have played a role in the death. In 2008, Klokow’s oldest child, James, finally reported his suspicions to police and told them of the abuse Klokow allegedly inflicted on him and his siblings. After a two-year investigation, she was arrested Monday and charged with second-degree murder, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports. Police had a tough time investigating the case, because physical evidence and many records were gone. An autopsy, as well as testimony from relatives, helped. Ultimately, Klokow herself admitted she had a hard time raising four children and might have treated her daughter too roughly. Both Jeaneen and another baby sibling, Scott, were disinterred; James believed his mother may also have played a role in Scott’s 1964 death. Klokow admitted causing Jeaneen’s death, but no evidence of foul play was found on Scott’s remains. Click for more on the tragic case, including how Jeaneen actually died.