March 11, 2019

Mother who tossed newborn in ditch & left him to die is arrested almost 40 years later: Police

A South Dakota woman accused of leaving her newborn in a ditch almost 40 years ago has been charged with the infant’s death, police say. ABC 8 reports that authorities used genealogy sites and DNA testing and determined the mother’s infant was Theresa Rose Bentaas. The infant, nicknamed Baby Andrew, was found deceased in a ditch …