UNSOLVED AL - Shelby Co, "Baby Doe Destiny", WhtFem, 2 day old, in Landfill, debris from Columbiana, Nov'82

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[h=2]SCSO continues to investigate Baby Doe case[/h]

COLUMBIANA – Sunday, Nov. 12, will mark 35 years since the beginning of a local cold case involving a newborn who was found dead at the Shelby County Landfill.

According to the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office, the body of a white, female baby was discovered by a landfill bulldozer operator on Nov. 12, 1982. A story printed in the Nov. 18, 1982 edition of the Shelby County Reporter identified the operator as Johnnie Givhan Lemley.

“He found the baby in some debris. Of course, they called the Sheriff’s Office and an investigation was commenced,” SCSO Cold Case Squad Investigator Jim Dormuth said. “It was a very extensive, detailed investigation.”

According to Dormuth, an autopsy determined that the infant, known as “Baby Doe,” was alive at the time of her birth and was approximately two days old when her body was found. Baby Doe’s official cause of death is unknown and was ruled a homicide by authorities.

Investigators at the time noted that the landfill contained debris from the Columbiana area.

“It’s believed that she was in debris from Columbiana,” Dormuth said.

http://www.shelbycountyreporter.com/2017/11/01/scso-continues-to-investigate-baby-doe-case/

 

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[h=2]SCSO holding memorial service for unidentified cold case victim[/h]

COLUMBIANA – The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office is planning to hold a memorial service for a homicide victim, known as “Baby Doe,” in the pauper’s section of the Columbiana City Cemetery at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 15.

According to a press release from the SCSO, the service is to acknowledge the short life of a two-day-old white, female baby who was found dead at the Shelby County Landfill in 1982, as well as to provide a permanent memorial marker, which will be provided by Shelby Granite of Calera.

The memorial service is scheduled to take place close to the 35[SUP]th[/SUP] anniversary of Baby Doe’s birth and death.

http://www.shelbycountyreporter.com...al-service-for-unidentified-cold-case-victim/

 

[rosesfromangels]

If this baby hadn't been throw away like trash she would be 35 years old. She would have learned her alphabet, picked out her favorite Dr. Seuss book, maybe took ballet lessons. She would have gone to high school, had her first kiss, gone to prom, and graduated from high school. Maybe she would have gone on to college and studied medicine. Maybe she would be working on curing some horrible disease. Maybe she would have gotten married, and had a little girl of her own by now.

But someone threw her out with the trash. My prayers today are not for the little soul in heaven, but for the person who did this to her. I can't imagine that life has been kind to them. Maybe they have even woken up in cold sweats year after year hearing the cry of a little baby.

Baby Doe "Destiny" (that's the name I'm giving you), you are not forgotten. Your brief life may have only served to remind us that without love, without humanity, we all end up in the trash heap, in one form or another.

 

[Melt71]

Poor baby isn't even in Namus, so even lower-than-usual opportunities to ID her.

 

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[Melt71]

Coming up to 40 years in a few months. Good opportunity for media and for LE to take a different angle and look at modern techniques for ID. @othram one you may look at?

 

[othram]

Coming up to 40 years in a few months. Good opportunity for media and for LE to take a different angle and look at modern techniques for ID. @othram one you may look at?

We will reach out.

 

[Beccalicious]

Bumping