A transgender woman convicted of killing her infant stepdaughter was quietly freed 30 years early from an Indiana prison and quickly launched an OnlyFans account, according to reports.
Autumn Cordellioné, who was sentenced to 55 years in prison in 2002 for strangling 11-month-old Faith Lee, returned to her hometown of Evansville, Indiana, last December on parole, but prosecutors only learned of her release from a citizen, not the state, reported the Evansville Courier & Press.
Cordellioné, who last year filed a $3.5 million lawsuit against President Trump over what she called “transphobic hate speech,” was spotted in Evansville by an unnamed person who recognized her from the 2002 trial, when she still went by her birth name, Jonathan Richardson.
That person alerted authorities, who said they had received no advance notice from the Indiana Department of Corrections (IDOC) that Cordellioné had been paroled after serving less than half her sentence.
Baby-killer Autumn Cordellioné has been quietly freed without the knowledge of local prosecutors. TikTok/autumn.cordellione“The Vanderburgh County Prosecutor’s Office was not notified that this defendant was back in the community — they were spotted by a citizen who recognized them from the original court case,” Vanderburgh County Prosecutor Diana Moers told the Courier & Press.
It isn’t known exactly when she was set free, but her earliest possible release date was listed as Dec. 29, 2025, according to IDOC records.
The IDOC did not respond immediately to requests for comment.
Cordellioné was released less than halfway through her life sentence for murdering her 11-month-old stepdaughter. Vanderburgh County Prosecutor's OfficeCordellioné has allegedly launched an OnlyFans since being released, Reduxx reported.
On Sept. 12, 2001, then-19-year-old Richardson was left in charge of caring for her girlfriend’s daughter when she strangled her at the home the couple shared in Evansville.
She was convicted of reckless homicide in 2002.
Cordellioné changed her name from Jonathan Richardson in 2020 after being diagnosed with gender dysphoria. TikTok/autumn.cordellioneAfter being diagnosed with gender dysphoria in 2020, Richardson changed her name to Cordellioné and began identifying as female.
In March 2025, Cordellioné successfully sued the IDOC over its ban on gender-affirming surgery for inmates, sparking widespread outrage.
“Convicted murderers don’t get to demand that taxpayers foot the bill for expensive and controversial sex-change operations. It lacks all common sense,” Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita said at the time.
She previously sued President Trump, blaming his “transphobic” language for leading to physical and sexual attacks on her in prison. AP“We won’t stop defending our state’s ban on using taxpayer funds to provide sex-change surgeries to prisoners,” he added.
In April 2025, Cordellioné filed a lawsuit against Trump, alleging the president’s “extremist rhetoric” against transgender people fueled repeated violent and sexual attacks against her at her all-male prison.
Behind bars, Cordellioné, who also now identifies as Muslim, launched a separate lawsuit against her prison chaplain after alleging that she was denied a hijab.
News of Cordellioné’s release came just days after Indiana Gov. Mike Braun signed into law a bill designed to prevent such miscommunications between state and local authorities.
House Bill 1250, signed March 3, requires that local prosecutors, sheriffs and police chiefs be notified by the IDOC at least a week before it releases a violent felon.
