MANSFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – The FBI Boston Cold Case Team and the Massachusetts State Police have made a breakthrough in the 1985 unsolved homicide of ‘Baby Boy Doe’ of Mansfield.
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FBI Boston Special Agent Ted Docks announced on Tuesday that an arrest has been made in connection with a newborn baby who was allegedly abandoned in the woods and left to die over four decades ago. The FBI used investigative genetic genealogy to develop a DNA profile from the infant’s remains, which led to the identification of 59-year-old Dianne Curry Peck of Attleboro as the baby’s mother.
Peck has now been accused of murder of murdering her son 41 years ago. Special Agent Ted Docks stated that the baby’s father has also been identified, but has since passed away.
“Few cases are more heartbreaking than one involving a newborn baby allegedly abandoned and left to die in the woods by his own mother, and deprived of the care, love, and protection every child deserves,” said Docks. “While this announcement cannot erase what occurred four decades ago, it’s a powerful reminder to victims, families, and to every investigator working an unsolved case that hope is never misplaced. Justice may be delayed, but it is never beyond our reach,” he continued.
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