BLAINE, Minn. — More than 40 years after the body of a newborn baby was found abandoned on the side of a road in Blaine, Anoka County and city officials say they've identified the parents of that child.

The sheriff's office released a statement Thursday, nearly 43 years after the death of the baby they'd come to call "Rachel Marie Doe," saying investigators used a wide range of DNA testing to narrow in on her biological mother and father.

“After 42 years, the Anoka County Sheriff’s Office’s Cold Case Unit has successfully identified the parents of this child, whose story weighed heavily on the hearts of the community back in 1983, as well as today," said Sheriff Brad Wise in a news release Thursday.

"Many law enforcement professionals throughout these decades have worked to bring answer

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