Marcus Santos
A police sketch of Baby Hope, whose remains were found in a cooler on July 23, 1991. A source says an unidentified relative has been arrested in the case.
A relative of the murdered toddler dubbed Baby Hope was arrested Saturday — marking a dramatic turn in one of the city’s most notorious cold cases.
A source told the Daily News that the unidentified relative is being charged. No other information was immediately available.
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The baby’s rotting remains were found stuffed inside a picnic cooler along the Henry Hudson Parkway on July 23, 1991.
The little girl was naked, bound, beaten and sexually abused.
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Cops revealed this week they made a break in the case — using DNA to identify the mother of the dead girl.
A phone tip over the summer led to the advance in the long-stymied probe.
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