Detectives seek leads in 1992 missing toddler cold case in Grant County, WA
GRANT COUNTY, Wash. - Grant County Sheriff's detectives have renewed calls to help solve a cold case involving the remains of a toddler found near Mattawa, Washington in 1992.
According to Major Crimes detectives, the child's remains were found in an arid, uncultivated area between SR 243 and the Columbia River near Mattawa, buried in a shallow grave for at least three months.
Details on a Grant County cold case from 1992.
Forensic analysis identifies the remains as that of a male between 12–24 months old, wrapped in a curtain-like cloth and wearing white tube socks with red and blue stripes, blue pants and a sweater with a polar bear pattern.
Experts have also made a facial reconstruction depicting what the child may have looked like.
Investigators are hoping that modern genetic genealogy and DNA testing can help solve this crime. Anyone with information on the identity of the child, or might recognize the clothes in the release, is urged to contact the Grant County Sheriff's Office at (509) 762-1160.
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The Source: Information in this story comes from the Grant County Sheriff's Office.