Authorities in Palm Beach County said that they have arrested the mother of the infant with the help of the same genealogy database that led to an arrest in the 'Golden State Killer' case in California.
"It was four years ago that I stood in front of these same cameras and asked for the public's support in trying to figure out what happened and who this unidentified child was," Palm Beach County Special Investigations Unit Captain Steven Strivelli told reporters during a press briefing Thursday. "I'm very, very happy to announce that today, we have all those questions answered.
On June 4, 2018, the Palm Beach Sheriff's Office released this sketch of a female infant that was found dead off of Boynton Beach, Fla., on June 1.Investigators searched records of every child recently born in Palm Beach and Broward counties but didn't turn up anything, Strivelli said. Afor information leading to an arrest. None of the tips they received were helpful, though, and the cold case squad took the case, he said.
, the sheriff's office uploaded the newborn's DNA into a publicly available database, FamilyTreeDNA, and was able to identify a close relative, according to Julie Sikorsky, supervisor of the office's forensic biology unit."We rebuilt the family tree and identified the close relatives, and then established the link to our suspect today," Sikorsky told reporters.
Through search warrants, they learned she had been at the inlet on May 30, 2018 -- 48 hours prior to when the baby was found -- and had searched for and seen news articles about the discovery in the following days and weeks.On June 4, 2018, the Palm Beach Sheriff's Office released this image showing the location where a female infant was found dead off of Boynton Beach, Fla., on June 1.
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