DNA from baby’s remains may identify parents in 50-year-old case in western Pa. – Ellwood City Ledger

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WednesdayJul1,2020at2:34PM

Due to advances in DNA technology, Hermitage Deputy Chief Joel Ristvey said officials are likely able to identify the parents of the newborn baby girl whose remains were found July 2, 1970, in Hermitage, Pa.

HERMITAGE, Pa. A development has surfaced in a 50-year-old case, officials say.

Due to advances in DNA technology, Hermitage Deputy Chief Joel Ristvey said officials are likely able to identify the parents of the newborn baby girl whose remains were found July 2, 1970, in Hermitage.

The babys remains were found near a dirt road off Lynnwood Drive across from the Ohio border just northeast of Youngstown, Ohio. The baby was born less than a week prior and was unable to be identified.

"Due to recent advances in DNA technology, we now believe we will be able to identify this baby and her mother and father. We will be initiating this process shortly and are optimistic we will obtain positive results," Ristvey said in a release. "We would like to speak from the heart to the person who laid the baby down."

The baby was found off of Lynnwood Drive in what was then Hickory Township, near Swamp Road (now Broadway Avenue, Route 760) at the Taylor Sand Banks parking area.

"The DNA will tell us who placed the baby there that day," Ristvey said in the release. "I want to give you this opportunity to come talk to me, to give you the chance to explain to your family and friends before the DNA results come back."

To contact Ristvey with information, call 724-983-6782, ext. 3.

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