Sources tell NY1 a possible DNA match has been made in the case of Baby Hope, which investigators have been working on for more than 20 years.
They say police may have identified the young girl’s mother, and someone is being questioned.
The child’s body was found inside a cooler near the Henry Hudson Parkway in Washington Heights in July 1991.
She was estimated to be between 3 and 5 years old when she died, and weighed just 25 pounds.
Her arms were tied and she appeared to have been starved, beaten and sexually abused.
Police recently renewed their push to solve the case, posting flyers of the girl in Washington Heights this summer.
People who spoke with NY1 in the neighborhood say there are a lot of questions that need to be answered.
“Maybe she might have worried, and you know where was her daughter, why she never came up and ask you know what happened to my daughter I mean these are questions that pop up in everybody’s mind, What happened?” said one Washington Heights resident.
“It would be good to know it was something that came out when I was about 10 years old and it had me curious about what happened. Any clues in the case would be interesting to find out if it was somebody from around here,” said another Washington Heights resident.
Police named the little girl Baby Hope, and paid for her funeral.
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