Tuesday, January 17th:
*First Appearance (@ 10am ET) - FL – Baby June (4 to 7 days old) (found floating in Boynton Beach Inlet on June 1, 2018. The baby was born alive & died due to asphyxia) - *Arya Singh (25 @ time of crime/29) arrested & charged (12/16/22) with 1st degree murder. Held without bond.
Using investigative genetic genealogy, a technique that was also used to solve the "Golden Gate Killer" case, the sheriff's office uploaded the newborn's DNA into a publicly available database, FamilyTreeDNA & was able to identify a close relative, according to Julie Sikorsky, supervisor of the office's forensic biology unit. Investigators obtained a "covert DNA sample" from his former girlfriend -- "a piece of garbage she discarded" -- and confirmed she was the mother of the newborn, Christoffel said. The baby was born on May 30, 2018, the same day Singh allegedly threw the baby into the inlet. They obtained warrants for Singh's cellphone records, which included GPS data. Christoffel said they showed she had been at the Boynton Beach Inlet on May 30, 2018 — about 40 hours before the newborn's body had been found in the water. In the days & weeks afterward, Singh's search history shows that she searched for news stories about the case. 29-year-old Arya Singh, will be charged with first-degree murder. First initially identified the baby's father. They spoke with the father who said he knew nothing about the baby. He said he had a girlfriend at that time who became pregnant. He said she had "taken care of it," presumably by abortion. Singh worked as a security guard at Lynn University in Boca Raton.
12/16/22 Update: First appearance on 12/16/22 @ 10am. Defendant present & in custody with attorney Michael Salnick. Notice of invocation filed. First appearance hearing continued on 1/17/23 @ 10:30am & initial case conference hearing on 2/9/23 @ 8:30am. Bond remains at none without prejudice.