Mother Charged With Murder 36 Years After Newborn Was Found By A Dog In Frigid Gravel Pit!
18.06.2022 - 22:53
/ perezhilton.com
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The mother of a newborn child was arrested and charged with murder nearly 40 years after the baby was found dead in a gravel pit by a Siberian Husky.
According to a statement from the Maine State Police, 58-year-old Lee Ann Daigle – formally Lee Ann Guerrette – of Lowell, Massachusetts, was arrested at her home by authorities, waived extradition, and was brought back to Maine on Monday. She was charged with one count of murder and is being held at the Aroostook County Jail in Houlton.
Police say the infant, known as “Baby Jane Doe,” was born at a gravel pit in Frenchville, Maine, and then abandoned by the mom in sub-zero temperatures. The body of the little one was then discovered on December 7, 1985, after a dog found the child and carried her less than 700 feet to its owners’ home. While investigators were able to retrace the path of the dog to find the location of the gravel pit where the baby girl was born and left to freeze to death, the case ended up going nowhere at the time.
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But “over the past two years,” the press release noted that two detectives still “chased every lead and spent countless hours working and following new leads that helped identify Baby Jane Doe’s mother.” They were eventually able to confirm that Daigle was the baby’s mom, all thanks to “advancements in technology to include DNA and genetic genealogy.” The Maine State Police added:
The cold case previously made headlines in 2014 when retired Maine State Police Maj. Charles Love recalled to the Bangor Daily News about what happened when police found the baby. He said at the time:
Armand and Lorraine Pelletier, who are the owners of the