Woman arrested in cold case of dead baby found in Iowa City landfill requests case be dismissed

JOHNSON COUNTY, Iowa (KCRG) – A woman who was charged with first-degree murder of a baby who was recovered from the Iowa City landfill is requesting the case be dismissed.

A landfill worker found the body of Baby John Doe on December 21, 1992. Investigators reopened the case in 2020 because of new advancements in DNA technology, leading them to Cindy Elder.

Elder, 59, was arrested last September at her home in Missouri. Investigators believe she was 26 when she delivered Baby John Doe…

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