# Killing of Baby Hope

Unsolved homicide · 2003 · Sterling, Virginia

On 08/30/2003, Deputies were summoned to the 200-block of North Cottage Road in Sterling for a found baby. Juvenile residents had located the deceased infant near the creek bed behind the Sugarland Run Community Center. The child was found wrapped in a towel in the creek. Sheriff's deputies identified the infant as a newborn, white female.

Original record: https://coldcase.vsp.virginia.gov/?p=1958
Case page: https://realjustice.ai/cases/killing-of-baby-hope-va1958

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## Sources

1. Virginia State Police record, https://coldcase.vsp.virginia.gov/?p=1958


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