The woman, who was 27 years old when the baby was born, was identified through genetic genealogy, an evolving technique in which a genealogist uploads a previously unknown DNA profile to public genealogy sites like GEDmatch and then builds a family tree to identify possible suspects.
Detectives use woman s DNA to crack 1997 cold case of dead infant found in Seattle gas station restroom
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Woman arrested in 1997 cold case of dead infant found in gas station bathroom
Police arrest a woman after using her DNA to crack a 1997 cold case of a infant boy found dead inside a Seattle gas station restroom.
SEATTLE - Police arrested a woman more than 23 years after her newborn son was found dead inside a Seattle gas station restroom.
The newborn was found inside a trash can in a Chevron gas station restroom on Nov. 20, 1997, according to a Seattle Police Department blotter post on Wednesday. The gas station, located at 8721 Lake City Way NE, is now a Shell gas station.
Seattle woman arrested 23 years after her infant son was found dead in trash can By Sara Jean Green, The Seattle Times
Published: March 12, 2021, 9:45am
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SEATTLE – Baby Boy Doe, who was found dead in a trash can at a 24-hour Lake City convenience store more than 23 years ago, is buried in Section 18 at Seattle’s Calvary Cemetery, his grave stone adorned with a teddy bear in one corner.
Seattle police on Thursday arrested the infant’s now 50-year-old mother and booked her into the King County Jail on investigation of homicide, according to jail records and an item posted on the police department’s online blotter.
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