GBI offers $5k reward in cold death of 3-year-old girl found in TV cabinet in 1988

WARE COUNTY, Ga. — The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is offering a $5,000 reward for information about a 3-year-old girl who was found dead in Ware County in 1988.

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The child, dubbed “Baby Jane Doe” by the Douglas Field Office, was found inside an old television cabinet at an illegal dump site in Millwood in December 34 years ago.

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Investigators said the child possibly died one to three months before her body was found. She had pierced ears and and was wearing thermal bottoms and a white pullover sweater with a pink pony emblem.

She was estimated to weigh around 20 pounds.

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The GBI described the award as anonymous and available to anyone who can help positively identify the child. Anyone with information is asked to call the GBI Tip Line at 1-800-597-8477.

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