She died without a name, so small her body barely filled a picnic cooler abandoned beside a highway. Officials called her Baby Hope, hoping it would be temporary, something to use until her real name came to light.
It took more than 22 years, but officials announced Tuesday that they had used DNA to identify the mother of the toddler.
“A DNA match was made with the mother, and the mother is cooperating,” Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly told reporters Tuesday, Associated Press reported.
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