Martin County Sheriff William Snyder (center) and investigators look at where they exhumed two bodies Jan. 11, 2016, in hopes of learning who killed “Baby Moses.” (Lannis Waters / The Palm Beach Post)
A nationally known DNA lab in Texas is working with Martin County authorities in what may offer the best hope of solving the 1983 “Baby Moses” slaying.
A set of remains exhumed in January was sent in April to the University of North Texas’ Center for Human Identification, which will use cutting-edge technology to try to identify the infant, found floating in the St. Lucie River on Nov. 25, 1983. Investigators hope this technology, unavailable in the 1980s, will uncover a link leading to the person who killed the child.
Despite the years that have passed, investigators hope they will one day bring Baby Moses’ killer to justice. Martin County Sheriff William Snyder said his office has an obligation to find out why someone would dump a defenseless newborn in the river.
“It was a murder,” Snyder said. “The murder of a human being is the most of egregious of all crimes. We treat all of our cold cases with importance.”
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