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NCM990303; Cumberland County March 3 1999
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The Doe Network:
Case File 387UMNC

Sketch of Victim by Wesley Neville

Unidentified White or Native Male

"Baby Michael"


Located on March 3, 1999 in Cumberland County, North Carolina.
Cause of death was severe blunt force trauma to the head, chest, abdomen and pelvic area. Manner of death was homicide.


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Vital Statistics


Estimated age: Newborn
Approximate Height and Weight: 7½ lbs.
Distinguishing Characteristics: Full head of dark hair. Healthy, full-term baby. Was not fair complected. No alcohol or drugs in system.
DNA: Mother's profile entered into FBI Codis


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Case History
On March 3, 1999 the body of a full term, newborn infant boy was found on Canady Pond Road, directly in front of the Shady Acres Rodeo Ranch. Canady Pond Road is a rural road in Cumberland County, approximately 4 miles outside of Fayetteville and 5 miles from Exit 41 on Interstate 95.
The baby was found in a large black plastic bag, which also contained the placenta. The bag appreared to have wrapped around the baby's legs after he rolled out of it. The trash bag is not an ordinary trash bag. It measures 35 inches in width and 55 inches in length, and because of it's size it is considered a Drum Limer.

He was either intentionally thrown from a moving vehicle or the bag unintentionally fell from the moving vehicle. The injuries were inflicted prior to the baby being deposited on the road and were too severe to have come from impact on the highway.

The mother left behind not only DNA, but also a pubic hair which was brown in color. The pubic hair may have come from a Caucasian or Lumbee Indian female. The mother took care of herself during pregnancy because of the weight of the baby and the lack of alcohol and drugs in the baby’s blood. She may/may not have needed medical attention after birth and may have suffered from severe blood loss. The baby was not born in a medical center.
The day before the baby was discovered, a witness remembered seeing a couple acting very distraught in a nearby clinic. The woman, who was pregnant at the time, became anxious, according to deputies, when a doctor told her she needed to go to the hospital for a specific maternity test. That same night, between 11:30 p.m. and 12:30 a.m. EDT, a witness saw a car parked on the side of Highway 87 near Canady Pond Road. The witness said a slender white male was behind the wheel of the car and a pregnant white female was in the passenger seat. The couple told the witness they were fine and the witness left the scene. Highway 87 and Canady Pond Road, the location of the deserted baby, are in close proximity.
Shortly after finding the baby, the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office decided to call him "Baby Michael" after Saint Michael, Patron Saint of Law Enforcement.


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Investigators
If you have any information about this case please contact:
Cumberland County Sheriff's Office
Detective Disponzio
910-677-5490
E-Mail
or
Fayetteville/Cumberland Crimestoppers
910-483-8477
You may remain anonymous when submitting information.

Agency Case Number: 1999-03101


NCIC Number:
N/A
Please refer to this number when contacting any agency with information regarding this case.

Source Information:
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Cumberland County Sheriff's Office Wral News



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http://www.wral.com/News/616050/detail.html

Newborn Baby Found in Cumberland County Ditch

Thursday
March 4, 1999
4:56 p.m. EST

FAYETTEVILLE (WRAL) -- Cumberland County investigators are trying to figure out who dumped a newborn baby by the side of the road Wednesday, and left it to die.

The body was found in a ditch off Canady Pond Road in the Grays Creek Community. Autopsy results have revealed the child died of trauma, internal injuries and exposure.

Investigators believe the baby was thrown out of a car window when it was just several hours old.

Murder charges could be filed against the mother, once authorities find her.

People who live where the newborn was found want to know how anyone could do something like this.

Neill Fowler drove up to the scene seconds after the newborn's body was found.

"I asked them what was going on and he said 'There's a baby over there' and I said 'No.' And I walked over there and there was a newborn baby wrapped up in a garbage bag thrown out on the side of the road," Fowler says.

Investigators spent hours at the crime scene talking to neighbors and looking for traces of blood.

Residents of the small, quiet community say they can't believe a mother could be so heartless.

"It's sickening, very sickening," Fowler says. "I just ask myself if God would forgive them even if they ask for forgiveness. That's pretty rotten to give birth and then throw it out like that."

Reporter: John McDonnell
Photographer: Doug Bricker
OnLine Producer: Julie Moos


Copyright 2002 by WRAL.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


http://www.wral.com/News/660976/detail.html

Roadblock Set Up To Find Mother of Baby Found in Ditch

Tuesday
March 9, 1999
7:43 p.m. EST

FAYETTEVILLE (WRAL) -- Cumberland County deputies are working an around-the-clock roadblock, trying to find a mother they say left her newborn on the side of the road to die.

A bunny and wreath serve as a memorial along Canady Pond Road in the Grays Creek Community where the baby boy was found dead last week.

Deputies are stopping every car that travels down the country road, hoping someone will give them information that leads them to the mother.

"If they've seen a vehicle parked at the side of the road, a vehicle leaving, someone walking in the area, anything about the time the baby was found," says Sgt. Stephen McLamb of the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office.

Detectives say they are already following some solid leads. A clerk at a nearby convenience store told authorities an anxious young woman asked to use the bathroom. Employees later found evidence that a birth may have taken place there.

Reporter: Melissa Buscher
Photographer: Michael Joyner
OnLine Producer: Michelle Singer


Copyright 2002 by WRAL.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.



http://www.wral.com/News/660996/detail.html

Cumberland Authorities, Businesses Provide Funeral for Newborn Boy

FAYETTEVILLE (WRAL) -- Funeral arrangements have been made for a newborn baby left for dead along a road in Cumberland County.

Sheriff's deputies named the child and plan to give him a proper burial with a little help from the community.

Investigators were hoping some family members would come forward to bury the newborn baby, but none did. So, employees with the sheriff's office are making the abandoned baby boy a member of their extended family.

Everyone was touched when a newborn baby boy was found dead on the side of the road in Grays Creek earlier this month. Flowers now lay where the baby was found, but members of the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office wanted to do more.

"The baby obviously didn't have a chance in life, and they wanted to see it get a decent burial," said Cuyler Windham, chief deputy of the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office.

But they were not the only ones.

Local businesses wanted to help. A funeral home is donating a casket and tombstone for the little boy.

A funeral director has donated his services, and a church has donated a plot. They say it is what an innocent child deserves.

"When it hits home in your own community, it hits home and makes you think 'Do people really take on the responsibility of being a parent?'" said funeral director Robert Breece.

Members of the community have gone beyond that. The baby is now named Michael after the patron saint of law enforcement and the guardian angel of children.

The funeral is scheduled for 11 a.m. Tuesday in Hairs Chapel Church on Duck Pond Road near Linden. The baby will be buried in the church cemetery.

Investigators continue to run down leads in the case.

Reporter: Melissa Busher
Photographer: Chad Flowers
OnLine Producer: John Clark


Copyright 2002 by WRAL.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.



http://www.wral.com/News/661009/detail.html

Abandoned Infant Laid to Rest; Community Turns Out to Say Goodbye

FAYETTEVILLE (WRAL) -- A baby left to die on the side of a Cumberland County road has been laid to rest.

Deputies, police officers, soldiers and members of Cumberland County's Grays Creek community filled Harris Chapel Church Tuesday morning to say goodbye to baby Michael.

Earlier this month, the newborn was found in a ditch along Canady Pond Road. Investigators believe someone threw the baby out of a car window.

Members of Grays Creek community where the baby was found were saddened and outraged by the incident. Citizens made sure the newborn would not be abandoned in death.

Members of the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office named the baby Michael after the patron saint of law enforcement and the guardian angel of children.

Employees planned the funeral and the community responded.

"It just really got to all of us. We needed closure. We feel we needed to come," says Melanie Melton, a Grays Creek resident.

Investigators are still looking for the person who dumped the hours old newborn on the side of the road.

Autopsy results revealed the child died of trauma, internal injuries and exposure.

Reporter: Melissa Buscher
Photographer: Rick Armstrong
OnLine Producer: Michelle Singer


Copyright 2002 by WRAL.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


http://www.wral.com/News/718009/detail.html

Investigators Hope Sketch Will Lead to New Clues in Year Old Case

FAYETTEVILLE (WRAL) -- It was almost a year ago that a newborn boy was thrown into a Cumberland County ditch and left to die. Investigators have followed countless leads, but have come up with little information on who is responsible. Now they are hoping a sketch will help them crack the case.

Investigators believe they know what the infant would look like if he were still alive. Authorities admit a sketch is morbid, but they say so is the crime.

"We wanted to do something to generate new interest in this case because initially we got a lot of leads. They have now dwindled," says Det. Edward Brincefield of the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office.

The boy's body was found in a ditch off Canady Pond Road in the Grays Creek Community on March 3, 1999. A makeshift memorial is a reminder the killers have not been caught.

In the past year, investigators have followed 75 leads and interviewed 50 potential suspects.

"I believe that a phone call would be made anonymously. That can be done if there's anyone out there that would call in without giving your name," says Det. Nancy Cressler of the Cumberland County Sheriff's Department.

Authorities hope the sketch will touch a guilty conscience.

In an effort to find more leads, sheriff's officials will hold a roadblock where the infant was found on Friday morning. A memorial service will follow.

Reporter: John McDonnell
Photographer: David Renner
OnLine Producer: Michelle Singer


Copyright 2002 by WRAL.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.



http://www.wral.com/News/629381/detail.html

New Clues Released in 'Baby Michael' Case

FAYETTEVILLE (WRAL) -- Two years after a newborn baby was found dead along the side of a rural Cumberland County road, investigators released new information they hope will bring them closer to solving the crime.

Investigators first thought the newborn, who has come to be known as "Baby Michael," died of exposure. After further forensic testing, they now believe the baby died of blunt trauma.

"We feel very strongly...that the baby was killed prior to being put on the highway -- that it did not die as a result of hitting the highway. The injuries are too massive and too severe," says Lt. Sam Pennica of the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office.

In the trash bag where Baby Michael was found, deputies recovered DNA evidence that has been entered into a national database. They also found a hair that could help identify the mother -- possibly a woman named Lisa from South Carolina.

At this time, investigators are not ruling out any women who are white or Lumbee Indian. They have also asked for the public's help.

Detectives are hanging up new posters to keep the case in everyone's minds. They are also re-interviewing people in the Grays Creek Community.

They ask that anyone who knows of a woman who was close to giving birth in March of 1999, who was seen without a child soon after, to call authorities:

Cumberland County Sheriff's Office: 910-323-1500
Fayetteville/Cumberland CrimeStoppers: 910-483-8477
A $6,000 reward remains for information leading to an arrest.

A public memorial service for Baby Michael is scheduled for Saturday at noon at Harris Chapel Church in Linden.

Reporter: Melissa Buscher
Photographer: John Cox
OnLine Producer: Michelle Singer


Copyright 2002 by WRAL.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


http://www.wral.com/news/1281927/detail.html

Three Years Later, Search For Baby Michael's Mother Continues

Infant Found Dead In Ditch
Kamal Wallace, Staff Writer

POSTED: 11:26 a.m. EST March 1, 2002
UPDATED: 12:43 p.m. EST March 2, 2002

Cumberland County deputies have spent three years searching for clues and tracking down leads, but they are no closer to finding a mother who might have dumped her newborn baby along a rural road.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, N.C. --

Kelly McDonald, executive director of the Child Advocacy Center, remembers how the death of Baby Michael changed the Gray's Creek community three years ago. The newborn baby was found dead, dumped in a plastic bag on the side of the road.

"The time goes by and people forget these children have been victims of tragic crimes," she said.

The Cumberland County Sheriff's Office named the infant after an angel in the Bible. After dozens of interviews, leads, and pieces of evidence, investigators are still looking for the baby's mother, but the search is narrowing.

"There will always be a connection to whoever has done this because of DNA between the baby and the mother," said Sgt. Mike Casey of the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office.

Over the past year, investigators have come up with 43 leads. Fifteen of them have been ruled out through interviews and polygraph tests.

"Sixteen of those we have investigated and ruled them out as being unfounded through DNA," Casey said.

Twelve more uninvestigated leads remain, but people in the community remain hopeful that a break in the case comes soon.

"I think that there is someone out there with more information. They may very well come forward," McDonald said.

The Cumberland County Sheriff's Office has also set up a monument fund to buy a nice tombstone for Baby Michael's grave. On Saturday, there will be a memorial service at Hair's Chapel Free Will Holiness Church in Linden.



http://www.wral.com/news/1727670/detail.html

New Technology Little Help In Solving Old Murder Case

Baby Michael Case Remains Unsolved

POSTED: 10:07 a.m. EDT October 18, 2002
UPDATED: 10:23 a.m. EDT October 18, 2002

CUMBERLAND COUNTY, N.C. -- The Cumberland County Sheriff's Office said new technology did not provide any clues in the unsolved case of a murdered newborn three years ago.

The baby, known as Baby Michael, was found in a Grays Creek ditch in March 1999. Detectives are still looking for his mother

Detectives said they did not find any fingerprints on a trashbag the newborn was wrapped in. They recently sent the bag off to the U.S. Secret Service for a technique called vacuum metal deposition.

The test is a way to obtain fingerprints from items that have already been processed by other methods.

The results came back negative.

There is a $6,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest in the case.


http://www.wral.com/news/2886900/detail.html

Five Years Later, Baby Michael Case Remains Mystery

POSTED: 4:44 p.m. EST March 1, 2004

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. -- It has been nearly five years since the discovery of Baby Michael.

Back in March 1999, a Cumberland County resident found the newborn's body in a ditch beside a road.

Officers could not identify the infant, so they named him Michael after the patron saint of law enforcement.

The community came together to give him a burial. Investigators never found his mother.

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