Theresa Bentaas was charged in the death of a baby found in a ditch 38 years ago in South Dakota. Police used DNA and a searchable database to determine she was the mother of the child, dubbed Baby Andrew.
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Webb discovered in 2009 that all testable evidence in the case had been destroyed in 1995. The only way to begin an investigation was by exhuming the infant's body and obtaining a DNA from the remains. The lab found two possible genetic familial matches using GEDMatch.com, a free open-source website that allows people to upload their genetic information retrieved from genetic testing companies such as 23andMe and Ancestry to find other relatives or for research.Joseph James DeAngelo, 72, after using his familial DNA and running it through the same website. DeAngelo was at the time the suspect in 12 murders, 45 rapes and 120 burglaries throughout California in the 1970s and '80s.
"It's still a little crazy when I think about it," Webb said."We did really put it together in a small period of time, considering we had absolutely nothing to go off of."She was arrested and faces charges of murder and manslaughter on March 8. Bentaas was due in court for an initial hearing in Minnehaha County, S.D., on Monday.
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