BOSTON (AP) – Authorities have identified a young girl who was found dead inside a bag on a Boston Harbor beach this summer and whose case sparked a massive social media campaign to find out what happened to her, a law enforcement official briefed on the case said Friday.
Police received information Wednesday that prompted them to search a home in Boston’s Mattapan section Thursday, the official told The Associated Press. Authorities have been in contact with some family members of the girl, the official said.
The official was not authorized to release details of the investigation and spoke on condition of anonymity.
A spokesman for the Suffolk district attorney’s office would say only that the investigation remains “very active.” A state police spokesman did not immediately return calls Friday.
The girl, named Baby Doe by investigators, was estimated to be 4 years old. Her body was found June 25 inside a trash bag on Deer Island in Winthrop by a woman walking a dog.