IA IA- Lisbon, Newborn, ''Baby Jane Lincoln'', found dead in garbage bag @ farm,'96, parents DNA identified as Luke Wilson, 43, & Samantha Hope, 43, '24

[dotr]

Jan. 27, 2024

DNA test identifies parents of “Baby Jane Lincoln”, found dead outside farm near Lisbon, Iowa in 1996

The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation announced Saturday that they have identified the baby girls parents, nearly 28 years after her body was discovered.

www.ktiv.com

''CEDAR COUNTY, Iowa (KTIV) - In 1996, a newborn baby was found dead in a garbage bag at a rural farmstead near Lisbon in Eastern Iowa. The baby, nor her parents, were ever identified. Until today.

The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation announced Saturday that they have identified the baby girls parents, nearly 28 years after her body was discovered.

Recent advances in DNA testing have identified the parents of Baby Jane Lincoln, as she was named by investigators, as 43-year-old Luke Dean Wilson and 43-year-old Samantha Light Hope.

“Baby Jane” was found in a garbage bag in a barn at 14 Highway 30 near Lisbon on November 10th, 1996. Investigators at the time believed she died of possible exposure but her manner of death was undetermined.''

 

[ifindedout]

The "Lincoln" name was undoubtedly because US 30 is known, here and in many other locations nationwide, as the Lincoln Highway.
RIP Baby Jane Lincoln.

 

[callieghkat]

Oddly enough it looks like baby Jane Lincoln was found on her father's family's property according to Iowa cold cases. I know DNA has come a long way since 1996, but it's interesting that there was never any testing to rule out paternity for any of the household members imo. Of course hindsight is always 2020.

Baby "Jane Doe" Lincoln | Iowa Cold Cases

 

[iamshadow21]

Oddly enough it looks like baby Jane Lincoln was found on her father's family's property according to Iowa cold cases. I know DNA has come a long way since 1996, but it's interesting that there was never any testing to rule out paternity for any of the household members imo. Of course hindsight is always 2020.

Baby "Jane Doe" Lincoln | Iowa Cold Cases

I think you need to have a pretty good case for a judge to sign off on an order to compel someone's DNA. They could ask, but people can say no.

MOO

 

[dotr]

'Jan 27, 2024
Iowa DCI has identified the parents of "Baby Jane Lincoln", who was discovered in a garbage bag in a barn off Highway 30 near Lisbon, Iowa, on Nov. 10, 1996.'

 

[FromGermany1]

Parents of Newborn Found Dead in Iowa Barn Identified by DNA

DNA has led to the identities of the parents of a newborn baby girl found dead in an Iowa barn nearly 30 years ago. “Baby Jane Lincoln” — so named because the barn where her body was found was on US Highway 30, historically known as the Lincoln Highway — was found on November 10, …

www.crimeonline.com

An autopsy on the baby’s body in 1996 determined that her cause of death was “probable exposure” but that the manner of death was “undetermined.” The medical examiner said the baby was probably alive for a short time after birth and could have been put in the barn as late as 6 a.m. that morning.

According to the Cedar Rapids Gazette, Clair Wilson found the infant’s body inside a white plastic shopping bag, which was inside an open black plastic garbage bag. The baby’s umbilical cord was still attached to the placenta.

 

[victoriarobinson642]

Sounds like they were teenagers at the time.

 

[dotr]

Parents of 'Baby Jane Lincoln' identified 27 years after newborn found dead in barn

On November 10, 1996, a chilling discovery was made at a rural farmstead on Highway 30 near Lisbon, IA. The Cedar County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report

cbs2iowa.com

rbbm

'The parents of Baby Jane have been identified as Luke Dean Wilson and Samantha Light Hope, both 43 years old. Both would have been 15 or 16 at the time Baby Jane was born.'

rbbm

DNA has identified the parents of a dead newborn in a nearly 30-year-old cold case

Officials said the newborn died shortly after birth 28 years ago near Lisbon. Improvements in DNA testing allowed officials to recently identify the parents.

www.desmoinesregister.com

"It was like a bag from a store. You could see into it. He ripped it open and saw little feet and hands. It was quite a shock," Tim said.

Officials believed that someone cared for the baby because she was placed somewhere she would be found. An autopsy revealed the baby was alive at birth but passed away a few hours after, though there were no marks of trauma. The infant likely passed away from being left outside, authorities said.

"It was so cold that night- so cold that it froze the water card in the cat bowl," said Cedar County Sheriff Keith Whitlatch in the previous article.

 

[cvaldez1975]

that lady found her grandchild, how heartbreaking

 

[Newbomb Turk]

that lady found her grandchild, how heartbreaking

Than man* found his* grandchild.

 

[airportwoman]

Sounds like they were teenagers at the time.

That's correct, they would have been 15 or 16.

 

[dotr]

rbbm.

Iowa’s Safe Haven laws have evolved since 1996 cold case

A recent break in a nearly 30-year-old cold case in Eastern Iowa has prompted TV9 to look into the evolution of the state’s Safe Haven laws.

www.kcrg.com

By Mollie Swayne
''The chief said, in order to install this box, they had to change state law. Iowa has had a Safe Haven law since 2002, but not one that allowed anonymity.'

''In 1996, when the newborn near Lisbon was discovered, safe havens did not exist in Iowa .''

''A study from 1998 uses the term “discarded infants.” It found that in 1992, 65 babies were “discarded.” This number rose to 105 babies by 1997. That’s a 62% increase.''

 

[cvaldez1975]

Than man* found his* grandchild.

yes, my bad, never met a man w that name.

 

[dotr]

June 16 '24

No progress in case of dead Iowa baby after parents’ names released

Almost six months after law enforcement publicly named the parents of a baby who was found dead on a farm near Lisbon in 1996, no new information has been found and the case appears to be cold once again.

www.thegazette.com

''An autopsy performed in 1996 determined the baby was alive when she was born. But the method used in that autopsy is no longer considered reliable.

Officials now are trying to determine if the child was born dead or was abandoned alive and died of exposure, according to Cedar County Sheriff Warren Wethington.

Wethington said he was hoping that releasing the names of the parents would spur anyone who may have additional information about the case to come forward. But now, six months later, there has been no progress on the case.''

 

[nhmemorymaker]

I think we need a National holiday for DNA.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Clair Wilson lived on the farm with his son, Tim; Tim’s wife, Debbie; and their son, Luke. who was 15 at the time. Clair Wilson found the infant, wrapped in a plastic shopping bag and concealed in a garbage bag, the morning of Nov. 10, 1996, in the barn at 14 Highway 30, about a mile east of Lisbon. The barn was used to store machinery.

Mystery of dead Iowa baby found in 1996 now asks: Why?

The Cedar County sheriff said genetic genealogy was used to identify parents of a dead baby left in a barn in 1996. Investigators want to determine if the baby was alive when it was abandoned. The father has cooperated with police, but the mother has not.

www.thegazette.com

 

[Lusitana]

I wonder if the parents of the baby are still together? Not that it matters now, but still.

 

[reasonableguess]

I believe I found SH's former name, based on this msm article.
Msm names

And then you can find this msm piece on the book she wrote:
Book

And here:

Another msm piece re book

 

[Lusitana]

So, what's next? Are they going to be arrested?