Australia NT, 'The Baby in the Post', found Darwin sent Melbourne,11 May 1965, *exhumed for DNA Nov 2023*

[Via Marple]

Remains exhumed from Darwin cemetery believed to be linked to baby in the post case - Mix 1049

Human remains have been exhumed from the Jingili Cemetery due to fresh lines of enquiry into a historic cold case....

www.mix1049.com.au

Does this article help? Nothing much there really.

 

[TootsieFootsie]

Thanks to the Mods for merging the two threads.

 

[iamshadow21]

Decades after the grisly discovery of a baby in the post, could the case finally be solved?

A newborn baby was found dead in a parcel, with police on opposite sides of Australia bewildered by who could've sent it. Now, DNA advancements are offering hope the six-decade 'baby in the post' mystery could soon be solved.

www.abc.net.au

It was one of the most shocking crimes imaginable.

A newborn baby found dead in a parcel, with police on opposite sides of Australia bewildered as to who could have sent it.

Wrapped in brown paper that had started to smell, Darwin Post Office workers made the grisly discovery on May 11, 1965.

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The Northern Territory News reported a stocking "tied around the baby's mouth" suggested a "strong possibility" of murder.

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This week, Northern Territory Police exhumed the remains of the infant from a cemetery in Darwin's northern suburbs.

 

[Susikatze]

Yay! Australia is really heating up their cold cases. Way to go!

 

[imstilla.grandma]

In the story of the dead baby found in the mail, posted from Melbourne to Darwin in 1965, I said that I believed the package which was addressed to a ‘J Anderson’.

After the release of our podcast, a woman came forward to express her belief that the deceased baby could be her brother. As a result, Northern Territory police took a statement from the woman and obtained a sample of her DNA. With a possible family link established, police applied to the deputy coroner to exhume the baby’s body, a request that had been denied before. On November 22 last year, authorities exhumed the baby’s body from a Darwin cemetery to try and extract his DNA.

I want to express gratitude to all our listeners who have come forward with information about these cases. Your bravery and dedication are making a real difference. And to anyone out there who may have information about a missing person, remember, someone, somewhere, knows something!

Your tip could be the key to solving a mystery and bringing closure to a grieving family.

https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/truecrimeaustralia/the-missing-australia/meni-caroutas-reveals-why-he-started-the-missing-podcast/news-story/ba2ecea3dd76704c756b95af39b029c4

 

[imstilla.grandma]

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