“Baby Doe”, child found dead in Boston Harbor, identified

The toddler’s body was found in a trash bag along the rocky shoreline of Boston Harbor on June 25.

The girl’s name and cause of death have not been released yet, but she is from Boston.

The child known around New England as “Baby Doe” has been identified after a long and exhaustive search, sources told WBZ-TV’s Lauren Leamanczyk Friday.

Police are questioning people in custody in connection with the case, which has lasted almost three months.

Jake Wark, a spokesman for the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office, said Friday that the “investigation remains very active”, but didn’t confirm any other updates.

Police say a search warrant conducted on a home late Thursday night led them to determine the young girl’s identity, WHDH reported.

Authorities believe that “Baby Doe” was about 4 years old at the time of her death. She was 3 1/2 feet tall and weighed about 30 pounds, police said.

After the body was discovered, police received thousands of tips with possible identities. Using photos of her remains, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children created a composite image of what the girl might have looked like when she was alive.

Police chased down tips from around the world, but experts determined pollen on the girl’s blanket and leggings and in her hair came from trees found in New England.