DNA from a soda bottle allegedly has linked a Massachusetts woman to the 1985 death of her newborn son, who was found dead in the woods by a father and son hunting rabbits, authorities said this week.Dianne Curry Peck, 59, appeared in court on Tuesday, where she pleaded not guilty to a murder charge in connection with the death of her son, who became known as "Baby Boy Doe" of Mansfield, Massachusetts."Few cases are more heartbreaking than one involving a newborn baby, allegedly abandoned and left to die in the woods by his mother, deprived of the care, love and protection every child deserves," FBI Boston Special Agent-in-Charge Ted Docks said outside the courthouse."For 41 years, this child was known simply as Baby Boy Doe.
He entered this world with limitless promise, but was denied the most basic right to live."COLD CASE CRACKED AS ILLINOIS SUSPECT CHARGED IN BRUTAL 1993 KILLING OF MOTHER FOUND SLAIN IN FIELDFBI Boston Special Agent-in-Charge Ted Docks talks to reporters outside a courthouse Tuesday about the case against Dianne Curry Peck.(FBI Boston)The newborn's body was discovered on Jan.
26, 1985, by a father and son who noticed a set of footprints in the snow.The pair initially thought the child was a doll before realizing it was a naked infant lying on the ground, WCVB reported.An autopsy determined the child was born alive before dying a short time later."It was naked, lying on its back; the umbilical cord was still attached to the baby," Kenneth Martin, who at the time was working as a Massachusetts State Police trooper assigned to the Bristol County District Attorney’s Office, told the outlet.The Mansfield Police Department, along with former New England Patriots quarterback Steve Grogan, paid for the baby's funeral, Boston 25 News reported.The case went cold until Bristol County investigators reopened it in 2022, partnering with the FBI and state authorities.DNA FROM CHEWING GUM NAILS LONGTIME SEXUAL PREDATOR DECADES AFTER REIGN OF TERROR: REPORT...