PA Blair County #UP16549. WhtFem Infant in bag, February 5, 1987

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It was a cold winter night on a Thursday in February 1987 when a dog found the body of a baby abandoned near the backyard of a home near Kerbaugh Road in Bellwood. The child had been stuffed into a plastic bag and was missing a notable portion of its body. The baby had been disposed into the woods, police theorized. An autopsy determined that the dead body was that of a white female infant.

 

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In 1987, an infant was discovered in a dumpster in Bellwood, and despite a police investigation, the mother was never found. That baby, commonly called Agnes Doe, has remained unidentified for over 30 years.

https://www.wtaj.com/news/local-news/blair-county-coroner-remains-of-baby-agnes-doe-exhumed-for-dna/

 

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The exhumation of the child’s body is part of an effort being funded by a
$1 million Bureau of Justice Assistance grant to the University of South Florida in order to identify the remains of missing and unidentified persons in Pennsylvania, according to Benton and a USF forensic anthropology lab Facebook post from July 2024.

The program is led by USF forensic anthropologist Erin Kimmerle, who is partnering with the Pennsylvania State Police, the Pennsylvania State Coroner’s Association and Innovative Forensics on the project, according to the Facebook post.

Kimmerle started her cold case collaboration with PSP, the state Attorney General’s office and other Pennsylvania law enforcement agencies in 2016, and the current grant-funded program is a continuation of that, according to the Facebook post.

Remains of Baby Agnes Doe exhumed for DNA testing

The Blair County Coroner’s Office along with the Pennsylvania State Police exhumed the unidentified remains of Baby Agnes Doe in Tyrone on Tuesday. According to a post on the coroner’s office Facebook page, the exhumation was made in an attempt to obtain DNA that will hopefully lead to answers...

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