Chief: Family DNA Leads Police to Mother Who Abandoned Baby

Chief: Family DNA Leads Police to Mother Who Abandoned Baby
This photo provided by Greenville Police shows Brook Graham. Greenville Police via AP
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COLUMBIA, S.C.—DNA submitted to family genealogy sites helped police find and arrest the mother of a baby who was born alive and died abandoned inside a box in a vacant South Carolina field 29 years ago, authorities said Thursday.

The DNA led detectives to the baby’s probable father, who then told police that Brook Graham was the baby’s likely mother, Greenville County police Chief Ken Miller said.