This episode will detail issues relating to the death of an infant, and will discuss issues surrounding infanticide, which some listeners might find disturbing.

Listener discretion is advised.

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This special episode of Classic City Crime starts right now.

Last week here on Classic City Crime, we once again returned to the case of infant Jonathan Foundling, found murdered in the O'House Dormitory in 1996.

You heard from baby Jonathan's uncle who detailed for us the range of emotions he felt

when it was learned that his sister, Catherine Grant, who died by suicide in 2004, was the mother of that baby boy, and that

the University of Georgia Police contend, she is ultimately responsible for the child's

murder over 27 years ago.

In a statement to the media about the case being cleared and closed, the University of

Georgia Police Chief Daniel Silk said the following, quote, I am appreciative of the dedication

of all the personnel involved in this effort, both those who work at the UGA Police Department

and our partners such as the scientists at Othram, Inc.

However, while I recognize the significance of closing this case,

I have to simultaneously acknowledge the heartbreaking nature of the tragedy that took place.

I think it's absolutely vital not to lose sight of that.

I was a patrol officer in Athens when this occurred in 1996.

I am keenly aware of the attention the case generated over the years, and I have been moved

by the outpouring of concern and care from the UGA community and beyond.

Our ability to close the case represents an important development and was facilitated by the combined efforts of two generations of police officers and detectives,

those who responded directly after the initial event and investigated it then, and the follow-up

efforts of detectives in the intervening decades, and especially over the last two years. In the end,

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