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Cold Case Files

Baby For Sale

Cold Case Files

A&E / PodcastOne

True Crime, Society & Culture, History, Talk Radio

3.88.1K Ratings

🗓️ 8 July 2020

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

When the burned body of an infant is found in the Arizona desert, investigators search for the child's identity and come up empty-handed. Four years later, officers in another county respond to a tip about a couple who sold their baby daughter in an extortion scheme and ultimately killed her. It doesn't take long for investigators to connect the dots and finally discover the name of their Baby Jane Doe. Listen to Guru: The Dark Side of Enlightenment on the Wondery app. Download it today to join Wondery+ with a free trial to enjoy ad free listening, exclusives, binges and early access. Get it here: https://wondery.app.link/SpmaC6vYI7 Does your business need help with delivery demands? Use SHIP STATION! Try it FREE for 60 days when you use offer code COLDCASE at www.ShipStation.com Get a quote online at www.Progressive.com in as little as 5 minutes and see how much you could be saving!

Transcript

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0:00.0

I see a charred body of a little infant that maybe you're

0:08.0

going to have two years old.

0:12.5

It's not rational.

0:13.6

It doesn't make sense.

0:14.6

So why would you come across a burned baby?

0:16.6

I mean, we see some strange things out here sometimes,

0:19.3

but you just don't see burned babies later on.

0:25.9

He put the baby on the phone.

0:27.3

And I just hear her screaming and crying and crying,

0:31.1

you know, calling mama, mama, mama.

0:42.8

In October of 1990, a rancher and his five-year-old son

0:46.0

made a gruesome discovery while driving cattle

0:48.2

through the Arizona wilderness, laying

0:51.0

at the bottom of a ravine was any father's worst nightmare.

0:55.5

The charred remains of what appeared to be a baby girl.

1:00.1

Any murder is a tragedy.

1:02.0

But when a child dies violently, investigators in the community

1:06.1

are even more motivated to solve the case.

1:09.3

But as police begin to investigate,

1:11.5

they found quite literally nothing,

1:13.9

no missing person report, no evidence, and no suspects.

1:20.9

Authorities were forced to name the one-year-old child,

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