PHOENIX (AP) — For nearly two decades, it was a mystery who had left “Baby Skylar” — an unidentified newborn found dead inside a Phoenix airport trash can.
Police have arrested a woman for the murder of her newborn, called "Baby Skylar," in 2005. The baby was found dead in the trash in a Phoenix airport bathroom.
The mother of a newborn girl found dead in a garbage can at a Phoenix airport in 2005 has been arrested after investigators dug back into the cold case using genetic genealogy, police announced Tuesday.
The authorities said that genetic evidence was used to find Annie Anderson of Washington State. She will be charged with first-degree murder in the death of her child, who came to be known as Baby Skylar.
An arrest has been made in an 18-year-old cold case involving the death of a newborn baby girl found abandoned at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport. According to the Phoenix Police Department, on October 10, 2005, homicide detectives began an investigation into a newborn baby found deceased and wrapped in …
