(Juneau) There are new developments in the “Baby Theresa” death investigation. A joint press conference with the Dodge County Sheriff’s Office, Medical Examiner’s Office, and District Attorney’s Office will be held Friday at 1:30pm.
The case began in April of 2009, when a newborn baby was found in a garbage bag in a secluded part of the Town of Theresa. Dodge County Medical Examiner PJ Schoebel says the full-term infant had no trauma which could have caused her death — and no drugs were found in her system. The state Crime Lab has – what is believed to be – a D-N-A profile of the baby’s mother. At the time, investigators ran that profile through a national database of convicted felons and sex offenders but did not find a match.
Authorities gave the infant a proper burial in May of 2009, and a number of community residents attended. The Lowell Cemetery Association provided a cemetery plot where she was laid to rest. Cornerstone Funeral Home and community members donated money and items to make the burial possible.
The press conference is only open to media members but it will be live streamed on the video page at DailyDodge.com.
