An Attleboro, Massachusetts, woman was in court Tuesday in connection with the death of her newborn son more than four decades ago. Dianne Curry Peck, 59, was indicted Monday and arraigned Tuesday.

Heartbreaking Discovery

On January 26, 1985, the body of a newborn was discovered near a rock wall in the woods off Fruit Street in Mansfield. A father and son who were hunting saw footprints in the snow and discovered what they initially thought was a doll, but soon realized it was the body of a newborn baby boy lying naked in the snow.

An autopsy determined the 6-pound boy was alive when he was born and survived for a few hours. Investigators also said a woman called police the night the baby was born to report a disturbance in the area. Police were unable to locate anything suspicious that night, and the caller was not identified.

Cold Case Reexamined

The Baby Boy Doe case went cold until 2022, when it was reexamined with the help of the FBI and State Police Crime Lab. Investigators used the baby’s DNA to develop a profile. Peck was identified as the baby’s biological mother in 2024 using DNA from a soda bottle in her trash, investigators said.

Peck admitted she was a Mansfield High School senior in 1985 when she gave birth in her boyfriend’s car, investigators said. While she claimed she gave the baby to her boyfriend to put up for adoption, investigators said there is no evidence that is true.

Prosecutors said Peck hid her pregnancy from everyone — family, friends, and her ex-boyfriend, who died in 2020. She was arraigned Tuesday in Fall River Superior Court. She pleaded not guilty, posted $10,000 bail, and surrendered her passport.

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