After 42 years, the investigation into the death of an infant in Vermont has been resolved, state police said Wednesday, and no criminal charges will be filed.
On April 1, 1982, children waiting for a school bus on Mill Hill Road in Northfield found a dead baby near the road, police said.
An autopsy was conducted and determined that the baby was full-term and that he had signs of existing medical conditions, according to police. However, the cause and matter of death were undetermined. In 2020, state police partnered with Virginia-based DNA technology company Parabon NanoLabs and a year later, they were able to obtain DNA samples of a woman from swabs of the infant and items he had been found bundled in, police said.
With the help of Maine State Police, Vermont State Police were able to get in touch with the parents and get DNA from them, which confirmed they were the infant's biological parents, according to authorities. "She wanted to give the baby a proper burial and planned to find a spot in the woods to bury him," police said in a release."While walking into the woods, she thought she heard voices and became scared. She turned to go and slipped. The baby fell from her arms, and she ran. She did not return to the area."
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