>>BRUCE HAMILTON: 34 YEARS AGO TODAY ROAD WORKERS DISCOVERED THE REMAINS OF A YOUNG GIRL
BELIEVED TO BE ABOUT 3 YEARS
OLD, JUST OFF A DIRT ROAD IN
WARE COUNTY, GEORGIA. SO NO
ONE CAME FORWARD TO CLAIM THIS
LITTLE GIRL. AND EVEN AFTER
ALL THIS TIME IDENTITY IS
STILL A MYSTERY.
>> NEWS 4 JAX REPORTER ASHLEY
HARDING JOINS US NOW. ASHLEY,
YOU SPOKE WITH THE JOINT
GEORGIA BUREAU OF
INVESTIGATION, WHICH IS STILL
ACTIVELY WORKING THIS CASE.
YOU KNOW, THE STORY OF A
RECENTLY ID CHILD IS ACTUALLY
BRINGING SOME RENEWED HOPE. IT
CERTAINLY IS. MELANIE AND
BRUCE, YOU KNOW, 2 WEEKS AGO,
THE PHILADELPHIA POLICE
DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED GENEALOGY
DNA TESTING FINALLY REVEALED
THAT 4 YEAR-OLD JOSEPH ZARELLI
WAS THE CHILD KNOWN ONLY AS
THE BOY IN THE BOX. YOU KNOW,
HIS REMAINS WERE FOUND INSIDE
A CARDBOARD BOX DISCARD ON THE
SIDE OF THE ROAD. BACK IN
1957, FOR 65 YEARS. NO ONE
KNEW WHO HE WAS NOW AT THE
BABY JANE DOE CASE IN WARE
COUNTY, GEORGIA. GBI HAS NEVER
STOPPED WORKING TO IDENTIFY
HER ADVANCEMENTS IN SCIENCE.
GIVE THEM HOPE THAT ONE DAY
THEY CAN PUT A NAME TO THIS
FACE.
>> DARYN, THIS ISOLATED DIRT
ROAD IN NO TO BACK THROUGH THE
WOOD BRUSH OF AN ILLEGAL DUMP
SITES WAS ONCE THE FINAL
RESTING PLACE OF A LITTLE
GIRL.
>> SHE WAS DEFINITELY PLACED
IN THIS AREA, HOPING NOT TO BE
FOUND. WE KNOW THAT FROM THE
CONTAINER THAT SHE WAS IN THAT
CONTAINER WAS WITHIN AN OLD TV
CABINET.
>> GBI, SPECIAL AGENT IN
CHARGE. JASON SEACHRIST SHOWS
US WHOEVER PLACED HER THERE.
>> WENT TO GREAT LENGTHS TO
KEEP HER HITTING THAT HE’S
BEEN WERE SOME PLYWOOD PUT
OVER THE FACE OF CABINET THAT
WAS MAILED IN.
>> SHE CAME TO BE KNOWN AS
BABY JANE DOE WHILE HER CAUSE
OF DEATH IS UNKNOWN. IT’S
BELIEVED SHE DIED 2 TO 3
MONTHS BEFORE SHE WAS FOUND.
SHE HAD PIERCED EARS AND WERE
THERMAL BOTTOMS IN A WHITE
PULLOVER SWEATER WITH THE PINK
PONY EMBLEM. DESPITE
EXHAUSTIVE SEARCHES FROM THE
SHERIFF’S OFFICE, NO CHILDREN
WERE REPORTED MISSING. THE
CASE QUICKLY WENT COLD.
THEY’VE LOOKED AT AND MISSING
CHILDREN OUT OF MICHIGAN.
>> BELIEVE OUT OF
PENNSYLVANIA, OUT OF SOUTH
CAROLINA JUST TO NAME A FEW
STATES. THIS CHILD NEVER BEEN
IDENTIFIED.
>> THAT BRINGS US NOW TO
ADVANCE FORENSIC TESTING.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: SEE, CHRIS
TELLS ME FOR THE LAST 2 YEARS
THE GBI HAS BEEN UTILIZING
ADVANCED DNA TESTING.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: IN HOPES OF
FINDING BABY JANE DOE’S
RELATIVES. IT’S THE SAME
PROCESS THAT ULTIMATELY LED TO
THE IDENTIFICATION OF 4
YEAR-OLD JOSEPH ZARELLI IN
PHILADELPHIA. SPECIAL AGENT IN
CHARGE. SEACHRIST ALSO TELLS
ME THAT THE ORIGINAL
DETECTIVES WHO WORKED THE BABY
JANE DOE CASE ALSO NEVER
FORGOT HER AND NEVER LOST HOPE
FOR ANSWERS. HE TELLS ME ONE
OF THEM WAS A MAN NAMED KARL
JAMES. JAMES IS NOW THE
SHERIFF OF WARE COUNTY.
>> A CHILD IS SO INNOCENT AND
SO DEFENSELESS. THEY TEND TO
HOLD A
>> A SPECIAL BUT DIFFICULT
PLACE. AND INVESTIGATORS HEART
SECHRIST BELIEVES SOMEONE NOT
ONLY KNOWS TO BABY JANE DOE IS
BUT MISSES HER. IT IS MAYBE
EVEN BEEN LOOKING ALL THIS
TIME. A TRULY BELIEVE THAT
THERE’S SOMEBODY OUT THERE.
>> THAT A FAMILY MEMBER OR
NEIGHBOR OR A FAMILY FRIEND
WHOSE LITTLE GIRL. ONE AWAY.
WITH AN EXPLANATION THAT
DIDN’T QUITE SEEM RIGHT. AND
DEEP DOWN IN THEIR GUT. THEY
KNEW SOMETHING WASN’T RIGHT.
AND I BELIEVE THAT FINDING
THIS LITTLE GIRL’S IDENTITY
AND THEIR FAMILY. HE’LL IN
SOME WAY THE FACT THAT THEY
NOT KNOWN ALL THESE YEARS AND
THEN LOOKING.
>> A CHILD GONE BUT NEVER
FORGOTTEN IN A LASTING HOPE
THAT ONE DAY SHE’LL GET HER
NAME BACK.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: AND JUST
YESTERDAY, SEE, CHRIS TOLD ME
THAT A GENEROUS PERSON, THE
COMMUNITY WHO WISHED TO REMAIN
ANONYMOUS HAS PUT UP A $5,000
REWARD FOR INFORMATION TO HELP
IDENTIFY BABY JANE DOE. NOW
THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT
BABY JANE DOE MAY HAVE TIES TO
ALBANY, GEORGIA, WHICH IS
ABOUT 2 HOURS WEST OF
WAYCROSS. HE ALSO ASKED ME TO
SHARE THAT EVEN THOUGH GBI IS
THE LEAD ON THIS
INVESTIGATION, THE WERE COUNTY
SHERIFF’S OFFICE HAS WORKED
WITH THEM ON THIS CASE FROM
DAY ONE. NOW, THE GEORGIA
BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION TIP
LINE IS THE WAY TO PHONE AND
INFORMATION. YOU SEE THE
NUMBER THERE ON YOUR SCREEN.
IT IS 1, 805, 9, 7, 8, 4, 7,