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The mother of a newborn baby discovered dead in a dumpster in California nearly 40 years ago has been arrested, accused of murder after she was identified using DNA technology. The newborn baby girl was found by a man rummaging for recyclables in a dumpster behind a business in the 5400 block of La Sierra Avenue in Riverside on Oct. 13, 1987, Riverside Police said.
That profile was sent back to the police and from there investigators looked at potential relatives of the baby girl, ultimately leading to the identification of the baby's mother: 55-year-old Melissa Jean Allen Avila. Avila, who was 19 at the time of the child’s death, was located across the country in Shelby, North Carolina. She was arrested on Aug. 5 in Shelby, North Carolina, and was extradited to Riverside County. She was taken to the Larry D.
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