Identified! TX - Cleburne, 'Angel Baby Doe' Newborn Fem, Winnie the Pooh jacket, Dec'01 Daughter of Shelby Stotts

[imstilla.grandma]

According to the indictment, in November 2001, Stotts recklessly caused the death of her newborn daughter by leaving the baby unattended on the side of the road, failing to seek prompt medical care after giving birth, and failing to clamp the baby’s umbilical cord which caused the child to bleed to death. The abandoned baby was found off Briaroaks Road in a ditch between the towns of Alvarado and Burleson with the umbilical cord still attached. The Johnson County Sheriff’s Office has referred to the baby as “Angel Baby Doe” since her discovery and has investigated multiple persons of interest over the years to determine her identity.

In June 2022, the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office requested the assistance of the Attorney General’s Cold Case and Missing Persons Unit to help investigate new leads. Since that time, the Unit has worked in conjunction with the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office on the case. In September 2023, DNA samples taken from Shelby Stotts and Angel Baby Doe indicated that Stotts was the biological mother. Additional evidence suggests that the child was alive and breathing at the time of her birth and that Stotts is responsible for abandoning the child. The OAG’s Criminal Prosecutions Division will handle the case in Johnson County. As is common in cold cases, Stotts will be prosecuted under the laws that were in effect at the time of the offense.

Attorney General Ken Paxton’s Cold Case and Missing Persons Unit Secures Indictment Against Mother of Newborn Baby Abandoned 23 Years Ago

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and the Office of the Attorney General’s (“OAG”) Missing Persons and Cold Case Unit have secured the indictment of Shelby Stotts for 2nd-degree manslaughter.

www.oag.state.tx.us

 

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North Texas woman charged in Angel Baby Doe cold case, 23 years later

In 2001, a newborn baby was dumped in a ditch between Burleson and Alvarado, in Johnson County.

www.cbsnews.com

''Angel Baby Doe would have been 22 years old today.

Stotts will be prosecuted under the laws that were in place at the time of the crime, which is common in cold cases.

The Safe Haven Law was in place when Angel Baby Doe was abandoned. It allows any parent to drop off an infant younger than 60 days old at a "safe place."

That would include places like fire stations, hospitals, or EMS stations. No questions are asked and there is no threat of getting in legal trouble.''

 

[LucyOso]

RIP Little One.

 

[DS2021]

Angel Baby Doe cold case: Arrest made 20+ years after newborn abandoned on side of road

DNA evidence was used to crack a two-decade-old cold case in Johnson County.

www.google.com

Stotts is also a former employee at Cleburne High School.

Cleburne ISD released a statement to FOX 4 on Tuesday saying that it is "aware of the arrest and grand jury indictment of Shelby Stotts. Cleburne ISD takes these allegations very seriously. Shelby Stotts is no longer employed by Cleburne ISD.

Daily mail claims she was a paraprofessional

Angel Baby Doe breakthrough as mother is arrested

Shelby Stotts, 48, left, has been arrested for allegedly leaving the baby girl to die on the side of the road in November 2001.

www.google.com

 

[Bounceycat]

This was a unique case in that in addition to building a profile and doing the forensic genetic genealogy work, we had to fund the case as well. Special thanks to DNASolves & Websleuths folks that made the funding possible.

I'm so happy this was solved. Are you able to tell us if you were able to identify the father as well? (Not asking for any details, just if he was able to be IDed.)

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and the Office of the Attorney General’s Missing Persons and Cold Case Unit have secured an indictment for manslaughter in the second degree for Shelby Stotts, per a news release from Paxton’s office.

Stotts, who is a 48-year-old resident of Johnson County, is accused of allowing her baby to bleed to death in a ditch in a cow pasture between the towns of Alvarado and Burleson in November 2001.

The child, dubbed “Angel Baby Doe” by the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office, was found by a person picking up cans. She had been wrapped in a jacket, but her umbilical cord had been left unclamped, causing her to bleed to death.

After hitting a dead end in the investigation of the newborn’s death, the local authorities turned the case over to the Attorney General’s Cold Case and Missing Persons Unit in June 2022. DNA samples from the newborn and items collected at the scene were also sent to a lab called Othram in The Woodlands, which specializes in forensic genealogy.

“Baby Does, murdered children, there is no one to advocate for these cases because the victim is usually murdered by the people who would have advocated for them,” Dr. Kristen Mittelman, Othram’s chief development officer, told Fox 4 KDFW.

“It was a difficult case, but we were able to actually provide the identity to law enforcement,” she added.

In September 2023, Stotts was reportedly confirmed as the biological mother of Angel Baby Doe. This is the 15th case broken by Othram in Texas, while forensic genealogy overall has led to the conviction of serial rapists, the identification of missing children, and more.

A woman faces charges for allegedly abandoning her newborn daughter 23 years ago

A Texas woman who allegedly abandoned her newborn daughter on the side of the road almost 23 years ago now faces manslaughter charges for her death.

dallasexpress.com

 

[I am not Sherlock H.]

July 6, 2024 CNN online article by Ashley R. Williams entitled “The case of an abandoned newborn who died ran cold for 23 years. Texas authorities just charged her mother with manslaughter”.

Believed mother Shelby Stotts indicated for second-degree manslaughter. IIUC the article Othram may have been involved in this process?

https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/06/us/angel-baby-doe-shelby-stotts-texas/index.html

 

[othram]

July 6, 2024 CNN online article by Ashley R. Williams entitled “The case of an abandoned newborn who died ran cold for 23 years. Texas authorities just charged her mother with manslaughter”.

Believed mother Shelby Stotts indicated for second-degree manslaughter. IIUC the article Othram may have been involved in this process?

https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/06/us/angel-baby-doe-shelby-stotts-texas/index.html

More here: After 23 years, Angel Baby Doe (2001) is now Identified

 

[Susikatze]

An unclamped cord does not make a baby die, to the contrary. Some hospitals delay clamping or do not clamp at all nowadays, the cord cuts the blood supply off by itself after the placenta detaches.
But this was a gross medical neglect case, nevertheless. I hope this disgusting woman gets what she deserves.

 

[Susikatze]

Those cases make me sick. I suffered infertility and i know many who would just do everything possible to be able to adopt a healthy baby.