SHOREHAM, Vt. (WCAX) – After more than four decades without answers, The Vermont State Police this week closed the case into a baby found dead in Northfield. Now, one of the people who discovered ‘Baby Doe’s’ remains is speaking out.
Earnest Caswell — who goes by the name “Buster” — recalls April 1, 1982, when he was in his early teens. He was waiting for the school bus when he and the other people he was with discovered the remains of what police would refer to as Baby Doe off the side of the road.
The Vermont State Police announced Wednesday that they have resolved the 42-year-old investigation into the death of the newborn child found in Northfield and that the baby’s mother who they located in Maine would not be facing criminal charges.
Caswell says the resolution of the case also brings him closure. “I broke out in tears. I couldn’t believe it. It’s no longer a mystery, it’s no longer a puzzle. The system worked in a way that it gives us relief,” he said.
Caswell says each April 1 serves as a reminder of what happened but that his support system over the years has made this reality easier to live with.