The Anoka County Sheriff’s Office in Minnesota used DNA testing to solve the cold case of “Rachel Marie Doe,” a newborn baby found dead on a roadside in Blaine 42 years ago.
The baby girl was discovered with her placenta still attached on January 21, 1983, between Highway 65 and Radisson Road. No one was able to identify the child, and an autopsy conducted at the time was unable to determine if she was born alive or stillborn. The community held a funeral for the infant, and she was buried at a local church cemetery, Bring Me The News reported.
The Anoka County Sheriff’s Office revisited the case after launching its Cold Case Unit in 2024 and sent a sample of the baby’s umbilical cord for genealogical testing. Authorities were able to determine possible matches to the little girl’s mother and father. The Sexual Assault Kit Initiative’s National Cold Case Initiative funded the testing, according to the report…