After more than two decades, Baby Hope is one step closer to being identified as detectives look to speak with her father’s family.
Police say they identified the little girl’s mother through DNA testing 22 years after she was found in a cooler near the Henry Hudson Parkway.
Police spokesman John McCarthy says the little girl’s mother is not considered a suspect.
McCarthy says the mother told detectives the child had been taken from her and that she had tried to find her.
The mother added she didn’t know what happened to her daughter until officers approached her recently.
Police Commissioner Ray Kelly talked about the case on Tuesday.
“We have been able to identity the mother of Baby Hope as a a result of in my judgement, outstanding detective work. A DNA match was made with the mother and the mother has been cooperating. Now I just don’t want to go to much further because this is an ongoing investigation. Obviously homicide is a distinct possibility here. It’s going to go forward in that direction,” Kelly said.
Police say forensic tests matched the mother’s DNA to samples taken from Baby Hope, whose body was exhumed six years ago.
McCarthy says police made a break in the case after a woman came forward saying she had a conversation in a laundromat years ago with a woman who talked about a younger sister who had died.
Police say that woman is Baby Hope’s sister.
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