COLUMBUS, Ohio — Authorities announced on Friday that a toddler who was found beaten and burned in Cincinnati nearly 50 years ago was identified as a girl from Columbus.
Hamilton County Coroner Dr. Lakshmi Sammarco said that on Feb. 4, 1979, an 18-month-old toddler was found in a field in Springfield Township, north of Cincinnati.
The body was not recognizable at the time, with authorities saying the body was charred postmortem and the toddler could not be identified at the time…