Carl in Michigan
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Why would anyone think this is justice? I'm just amazed. I'm flabbergasted!
Chief: Family DNA leads police to mother who abandoned babyWhen a dead baby was found abandoned in a box in a vacant South Carolina field 29 years ago, every single detective on Greenville's force poured themselves into the case.
There were solid leads — the vacuum cleaner box where the girl was found was traced back to a couple living nearby — but never enough to definitively identify the parents or charge anyone, Greenville Police Chief Ken Miller said.
But in November, DNA submitted to genealogy sites found a likely match to the baby's father. Greenville detectives questioned him and he pointed them to his girlfriend at the time, Miller said.
Brook Graham, 53, was arrested Wednesday and charged with homicide by child abuse in the baby's death. The charge carries a possible life sentence.