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NamUs UP # 9870ME/C Case Number: 1988-K-0103
Kent County, Delaware
0 to 0 year old Black/African American Female
Case Report - NamUs UP # 9870
Case InformationStatus Unidentified
Case number 1988-K-0103
Date found November 08, 1988 00:00
Date created February 14, 2012 08:28
Date last modified January 23, 2015 17:39
Investigating agency
date QA reviewed February 21, 2012 05:38
Local Contact (ME/C or Other)Agency Delaware Division of Forensic Science
Phone 302-577-3420
Case Manager
Name Patrick Quigley
Phone 302-933-3050
DemographicsEstimated age Fetus
Minimum age 0 years
Maximum age 0 years
Race Black/African American
Ethnicity
Sex Female
Weight (pounds) 4, Measured
Height (inches) 18, Measured
Body Parts Inventory (Check all that apply)
All parts recovered
Body conditions
Recognizable face
Probable year of death 1988 to 1988
Estimated postmortem interval Days
CircumstancesLocation Found
GPS coordinates
Address 1 Derby Pond, 2.5 miles south of Camden, Delaware, on U.S.13A
Address 2
City Camden
State Delaware
Zip code
County Kent
Circumstances
Three teen age boys, aged 13, 14, and 15 years, were skateboarding on a cement boat ramp on Derby Pond on November 8, 1988, at approximately 3:30 - 3:40 p.m. One of them saw what he thought was a doll wrapped in newspaper, approximately 8 feet from the edge of the pond. One of the boys used a branch to pull it toward the shore. When they looked closely, they saw that it was a baby.
PhysicalHair color Black
Head hair
Curly
Body hair
None
Facial hair
None
Left eye color Brown
Right eye color Brown
Eye description
Each pupil measures 0.3 cm in diameter and is round and regular. The irides are brown. The conjunctiva is pale.
See pathology report in documents section for description of trauma.
Other distinctive
physical characteristics
The nose is flat.
Other medical
information
See pathology report in documents section.
Other items found
with bodyWrapped in a newspaper dated around September 15, 1988.DentalStatus: Dental information / charting is currently not available
DNAStatus: Complete - Insufficient DNA for profiling
ImagesThere are currently no images available for this case.