Help pours in to identify girl, ‘Baby Doe,’ found in Mass

The innocent brown eyes and the chubby cheeks of the little girl in this image have captured the attention of 45 million Facebook users.

Authorities posted to social media a photograph-like image generated by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children created from autopsy photographs. Once it was posted on the Massachusetts State Police’s official Facebook page, that’s when “Baby Doe’s” countenance spread like wildfire. Those leads are being forwarded to investigators with the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office, Fitch said.

The sweet image of “Baby Doe” has completely captured the internet. The police have not revealed how long she had been there prior to being found, or whether she was dumped there or was carried to the beach by the water.

Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole confirmed today, July 10, that preliminary DNA tests prove that the remains of Baby Doe that washed up in a trash bag in Deer Island are not that of missing Baby Kate.

“Obviously, the public is very engaged in this”, Massachusetts State Police Col. Timothy Alben said during a press briefing on Saturday, after the posting generated 24 million views.

“Who she is and where she’s from remain a mystery to us”, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said in a statement. Police are waiting for the information to see if whether or not the child had been given poison or maybe she accidentally ingested a fatal dose of pills or medication.

Conley would not elaborate on whether the child’s parents or caretakers are a focus of the investigation and said authorities don’t know if the girl’s death was an accident or a crime.

The possibility of poisoning seems to be the frontrunner of possible causes of death right now.

“Every now and then we have a case like this, and that probably has a lot to do with the age of the child, the circumstances in which the child was found. Sometimes it touches the hearts of many and it motivates the public to get motivated to help”.

Several people shared the picture of the girl, expressing sorrow, grief and anger over her death.

In this image, you can see that the little girl, believed to be 4 years old, has pierced ears.