Seattle woman charged with second-degree murder for 1997 death of newborn son left in trash can KATE FELDMAN
A Seattle woman who allegedly left her newborn baby to die in a gas station trash can in 1997 has been charged with second-degree murder.
Christine Warren, now 50, was linked to the newborn, buried as Baby Boy Doe, by a DNA sample she submitted to a genealogy website and was traced back to evidence left at the Lake City gas station, according to KING5.
Warren admitted to police that she was the baby’s mother during an interview on March 1, according to court documents, and said that she ignored the pregnancy after the father “reacted negatively.”
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Prosecutors charged a 50-year-old woman with second-degree murder 23 years after her newborn baby was found dead in a trash can at a Lake City gas station.
Seattle police arrested Christine Warren after DNA evidence linked her to the infant s death that was ruled a homicide in 1997, the Seattle Police Department said in a statement last week. She was booked into King County Jail Thursday, according to jail records. She was held on $10,000 bail.
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King County Medical Examiner’s Office determined he had been born alive two days earlier and ruled his death a homicide.
Pictured the Lake City gas station that Seattle woman, Christine Marie Warren is believed to have given birth at with the woman dumping the newborn baby in a trash can.
Re-investigating cold case in 2018
The boy’s body may never have been found were it not for the trash can liner. It was clear plastic, so the employee emptying the garbage immediately saw the body, according to detectives.
A surveillance photo showing what officers believed was the baby’s mom inside the