ATHENS, Ga. - A decades-long investigation into the stabbing death of a baby boy found inside a trash can at a University of Georgia residence hall has finally come to a close.On Jan.
8, 1996, police say a custodian discovered the body of a newborn boy and placenta in the first-floor bathroom of Oglethorpe House dormitory.
The child reportedly had been stabbed multiple times after birth before being hidden in a trash can.For 27 years, police have worked to identify the mother of the boy, but had come up short.
Now due to new DNA technology, investigators say they were successfully able to connect the child with a former UGA student.FILE - On Jan.