The Laramie County Sheriff's Office has partnered with Othram -- the first private laboratory built to apply the power of modern parallel sequencing to forensic evidence -- in hopes of identifying a homicide victim known for 33 years as "Baby John Doe."
"We're hoping to raise a total of $5,000 for the laboratory to do their examination of the evidence that's been submitted," said Deputy Jeff Barnes. "We're kind of hoping this will give us some additional leads to go on and open this cold case."
In February of 1988, a couple that had gone out for a walk discovered the body of a newborn baby boy wrapped in a blanket and lying in a culvert near Happy Jack Road and McKinney Drive.