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| PorchlightUSA | Jan 22 2008, 05:44 PM Post #1 |
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http://www.philly.com/philly/wires/ap/news...4andmother.html Posted on Mon, Jan. 21, 2008 Police hope DNA will help ID infant found in '84 and mother The Associated Press MILLVILLE, Pa. - DNA tests conducted on a newborn whose decomposing remains were found near a trail 24 years ago have excluded two women as the mother. A state trooper hopes the recent DNA testing will someday help him identify both the child and mother. The infant, whose remains were apparently mutilated by animals, is believed to have been a boy, authorities in central Pennsylvania said. State police Cpl. Michael Reffeor reopened the case, which had gone unsolved since the partial remains were found in a yard along the Austin Trail near Millville on July 11, 1984. A portion of the umbilical cord was still attached. The body was missing an upper torso, but the head and lower torso were recovered, Reffeor said. The most promising lead came when Reffeor learned that a bone sample had been saved in the evidence file when the child was buried. That saved him the task of getting a court order to exhume the remains, he said. Reffeor sent the sample to the University of North Texas, which has created a DNA profile of the child and tested others involved in the investigation. "This was huge," Reffeor said. "Goal No. 1 was accomplished." The results have been logged in a national DNA database that could yield a match if the mother or another relative is ever entered into the system. Meanwhile, Reffeor continues to pursue other new leads , some helpful, some not , that followed a news report last year about the DNA tests. ,,, Information from: Press Enterprise, http://www.pressenterpriseonline.com |
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| PorchlightUSA | Jan 22 2008, 05:48 PM Post #2 |
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| PorchlightUSA | Feb 18 2009, 08:14 PM Post #3 |
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Baby Austin Unidentified W/N Male Newborn (Possibly Premature) Found July 11, 1984 In Greenwood Township, Columbia County Case Details On July 11, 1984, by the Austin Trail near Millville in rural Columbia County, a family dog dragged the remains of an infant into it's owner's yard. The body had been damaged by animals and the upper torso was missing, but the head and lower torso were located. The umbilical cord was still attached. The child appeared to doctors to be a male, at approximately 7 1/2 months gestation, delivered prematurely. It is unknown if the child was born alive or not. Cause of death could not be determined. The boy was buried at the New Rosemont Cemetery in Espy. Shirley Walters, a Millville area woman, touched by the circumstances of the unknown child's case, adopted him as her grandson. She named him "Austin", since he had been found by the Austin Trail. She, along with donations from several other area people, purchased a gravestone for the child adorned with an angel. Through the generosity of a local supplier, the cost of the gravestone was a mere $100. Ms. Walters helped to arrange the funeral and got permission from the courthouse to tend to the child's gravesite. Through the years, she would add different decorations that reflected the age that Austin would be had he lived. It was a labor of love that would continue for the next twenty years, when the limitations of age would prevent her from being able to continue. But her nephew has taken over for her, and has pledged to keep tending the gravesite as long as he is able. Baby Austin's case remains unsolved. State Police Cpl Michael Reffeor reopened the case and learned that a bone sample had been saved in the evidence file when the child was buried. The sample was sent to the University of North Texas where a DNA profile was created. That profile has been entered into a national DNA database. While chances are slim, this could be the key to finding out where Baby John Doe came from, if his mother or another relative are entered into the database. If you have any information about this case, please contact: Pennsylvania State Police Troop N - Bloomsburg 570-387-4261 or you can email the Crime Assessment Unit at: THMCANDREW@state.pa.us or SHAWWILLIA@state.pa.us Sources PA State Police - Bloomsburg PA State Police - West Hazelton PA State Police - Troop N Website philly.com http://pennsylvaniamissing.com/babyaustin.html |
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| PorchlightUSA | Dec 30 2010, 03:36 AM Post #4 |
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