IOWA CITY, Iowa — The Iowa City Police Department has arrested a suspect in a 32-year-old cold case involving the death of an infant known as Baby John Doe. The infant's body was found on December 21, 1992, at the Iowa City Landfill. The initial investigation stalled due to limited DNA technology and unknown circumstances surrounding the birth and death. Police say by October 2020, advancements in DNA testing allowed the case to be reopened. Investigators identified 58-year-old Cindy Sue Elder, formerly Cindy Sue Eckrich, as the child's mother. Elder was 26 at the time of the incident. The Iowa City Police Department says Elder, living in Clever, Missouri, admitted to giving birth in Iowa City and placing the newborn in a trash receptacle. She claimed the baby was alive a

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