ODESSA, Texas — The Odessa Police Department held a press conference on Friday on the 1996 cold case that NewsWest 9 previously covered as "The Basin's Unsolved: The Baby with No Name".
At approximately 7:50 a.m., on July 18, 1996, the Odessa Police Department was called to an alleyway between the 1300 block of Clifford Street and the 1300 block of Boatwright Street. There, they found a dead male infant inside a dumpster. Credit: Odessa Police Department The blue star signifies where Baby Boy Doe was found back on July 18, 1996.
Police say the neighborhood was canvassed by officers for leads on the identity of the person who allegedly threw a dead baby in a dumpster.
An autopsy of Baby Boy Doe revealed he was born a full-term, healthy infant.
Authorities listed this case as a hom