WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) - Waukesha police hope DNA evidence might help crack the cold-case death of an infant from more than 40 years ago.
The body of a baby girl was found in a storm drain in the Milwaukee suburb on Jan. 6, 1975. The baby’s parents - and whoever placed her there - have never been identified.
The community held a burial service for the girl, named “Baby Sarah,” and the investigation eventually was suspended.
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But the case was reopened last year. The baby’s body was exhumed and a DNA sample was taken. The sample is being analyzed for a DNA profile.
Police told WISN-TV (https://bit.ly/2mcMA3f ) the baby weighed 9 pounds when she was found, and her lungs showed she had been breathing. Her official cause of death was exposure.
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Information from: WISN-TV, https://www.wisn.com
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