Dianne Curry Peck Pleads Not Guilty in 1985 Newborn Murder as DNA From Soda Bottle Links Her
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Updated · Fox News · Jul 1
Dianne Curry Peck Pleads Not Guilty in 1985 Newborn Murder as DNA From Soda Bottle Links Her
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jul 1
Summary
Dianne Curry Peck, 59, pleaded not guilty Tuesday to murdering her newborn son, whose body was found in Mansfield woods in January 1985 and long known as Baby Boy Doe.
A DNA profile built through forensic genetic genealogy led investigators to Peck after Bristol County reopened the cold case in 2022, and authorities said DNA from a soda bottle taken from her trash linked her to the child.
Prosecutors challenged Peck’s account that she gave the baby to an ex-boyfriend for adoption after giving birth in a car, saying the infant was born alive and had likely been in the woods only about 12 hours before discovery.
The case had gone unsolved for 41 years after a father and son hunting rabbits found the naked infant in the snow with the umbilical cord still attached.