NAGS HEAD, N.C. - Thirty years after the remains of an infant were found in the trash on North Carolina’s Outer Banks, authorities said they have arrested and charged a couple in the baby’s death after using DNA evidence.Scott Gordon Poole, 54, and his wife, Robin Lynn Byrum, 51, were arrested on Oct.
21 by the Alexander County Sheriff’s Office, police said in a news release. Both were charged with concealing the birth of a child and each was being held at the Dare County Detention Center on a $250,000 bond.On April 4, 1991, police in the beach town of Nags Head found the infant remains in a trash can rack.
Authorities at the time were not able to identify the baby's gender due to decomposition, police said.A medical examiner later.