Woman arrested in 1991 cold case death of infant found in dumpster

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (TCN) — A woman has been arrested and charged after an investigation connected her to the long-unsolved death of an infant found in a dumpster.

On Jan. 7, the Kentucky State Police announced that 55-year-old Jennifer Cummins was arrested the previous day in Fairfax, Virginia.

According to police, a sanitation worker found a female infant at a landfill in 1991. The medical investigator determined the child had been born alive and healthy before being placed in a dumpster. She became known as Baby Jane Doe after the case went cold despite investigative efforts at the time…

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