{"id":176253,"date":"2019-07-23T16:25:59","date_gmt":"2019-07-23T21:25:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=176253"},"modified":"2019-07-24T07:53:04","modified_gmt":"2019-07-24T12:53:04","slug":"vc-police-dna-testing-baby-rebecca-cold-case-from-1981","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=176253","title":{"rendered":"VC Police DNA testing Baby Rebecca 1981 cold case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/ColdCase-VCpolice.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-176273 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/ColdCase-VCpolice-300x202.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/ColdCase-VCpolice-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/ColdCase-VCpolice-260x175.jpg 260w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/ColdCase-VCpolice.jpg 445w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Valley City police hope new technology will crack a 38-year-old cold case.<\/p>\n<p>News Release from Police Chief Phil Hatcher\u00a0Valley City, ND:<\/p>\n<p>On April 15, 1981, officers with the VCPD were dispatched to the 200 Block of Viking Drive SW in Valley City\u00a0for a report. \u00a0 Officers found what appeared to be a newborn female baby that was deceased and left in the\u00a0leaves and underbrush. \u00a0Investigation revealed the newborn child had died from asphyxia after a live birth. \u00a0A large, broad, investigation\u00a0was conducted into this infanticide, ultimately finding no suspect and as such, no prosecution has been\u00a0commenced. The infant was named Baby Rebecca and was buried in a local cemetery.<\/p>\n<p>In the 38 years since, several members of the VCPD, ND BCI, and the ND State Crime Lab have continued the\u00a0investigation, never allowing Baby Rebecca&#8217;s case to be forgotten.\u00a0With advancements in DNA technology in the recent years and the ability to access numerous DNA databases,\u00a0law enforcement, in conjunction with the Barnes County State&#8217;s Attorney&#8217;s Office, decided it was time to\u00a0continue this investigation, because even though the wheels of justice sometimes turn slowly, justice never\u00a0sleeps.<\/p>\n<p>An order for exhumation was signed by Barnes County State&#8217;s Attorney, Tonya Duffy, and Barnes County\u00a0Sheriff, Randy McClaflin on June 28, 2019.<\/p>\n<p>On July 18, 2019, VCPD exhumed Baby Rebecca and sent her for\u00a0another medical examination by the Medical Examiner&#8217;s Office at UND. Biological samples were able to be\u00a0found. Subsequently, further DNA testing will be done on Baby Rebecca to determine her parental origins.<\/p>\n<p>It is hoped that this new information will help bring closure and justice to this 38 year old unsolved case.\u00a0Anybody with any information about this case is urged to contact the Valley City Police Department at\u00a0701-845-3110.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Valley City police hope new technology will crack a 38-year-old cold case. News Release from Police Chief Phil Hatcher\u00a0Valley City, ND: On April 15, 1981, officers with the VCPD were dispatched to the 200 Block of Viking Drive SW in Valley City\u00a0for a report. \u00a0 Officers found what appeared to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":176273,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-176253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-valley-city"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=176253"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176253\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":176300,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176253\/revisions\/176300"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/176273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=176253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=176253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=176253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}