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How do they ID live babies...blood test matched against blood test of the father or other relative?
Snelling homicide, missing Planada woman and baby being jointly investigated by sheriff's office
The Merced Sheriffs Office Major Crimes Division said it continued its investigation through Thursday night in the homicide of a person burned beyond recognition near Snelling.
In an ominous twist, as officers were conducting that investigation, the sheriffs Patrol Division took a missing persons report in the 1500 block of Plainsburg Road in Planada.
Missing are Ana Lila Diaz DeCeja, 26, and her infant son, Anthony Ceja-Diaz, two months old.
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Positive identification hasnt been made on the body found near Snelling, and an autopsy is still pending. The Sheriffs Office said its conducting a parallel investigation into both the missing persons case and the homicide. No further details will be released on either case, at least for awhile, to protect the integrity of both investigations.
Read more: http://www.mercedsunstar.com/2010/12/03/1678827/snelling-homicide-missing-planada.html#ixzz177aXuMix
I assume the father could identify the baby? But LE not taking his word for it, or they need an offical ID?
I'm so sorry for Ana and hoping, for her childrens' sake, that this was a random, i.e. stranger crime.
What if it was her husband that did this? He could have killed the mother, burned her body, and later that night left the baby on the doorstep, knowing that the baby would eventually be returned to him. "Abandoning" the baby in this manner would take the attention away from him as being responsible for this entire crime unless, of course, they do find his prints on that door.
I agree. I think it will turn up that the times given by the father were not accurate. Wonder if he actually showed up for work. JMO.