Relief, Horror for NYC 'Baby Hope' Investigators. Relative charged in NYC ‘Baby Hope’ killing | WildAboutTrial.com. Criminal & Civil Justice News Conrado Juarez, cousin and confessed killer of 4-year-old Anjelica Castillo, nicknamed Baby Hope, waits to be arraigned at Manhattan Criminal Court, Saturday, Oct. 12, 2013, in New York. During an interrogation early Saturday, Juarez admitted sexually assaulting and smothering her before disposing her body. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) NEW YORK (AP) — New York City detectives have solved the decades-old mystery of “Baby Hope,” a little girl whose naked body was discovered inside a picnic cooler beside a Manhattan highway in 1991 and remained unidentified until now.
They arrested a relative of the child after he admitted he sexually assaulted and smothered her. Conrado Juarez, 52, was arrested and arraigned Saturday on a felony murder charge. He pleaded not guilty. They were cousins of the girl’s father, Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said. The girl’s name, age and circumstances of her death were unknown for more than two decades. Source: AP. "Baby Hope" Case: Experts say time, rewards and publicity help solve cold cases such as NYC girl's murder - Crimesider. New York City police have identified the mother of "Baby Hope" -- whose body was found 22 years ago in a cooler on the side of a highway -- a source tells CBS New York City station WCBS. Norah O'Donnell reports. (CBS) - It might seem like a near-miracle that 22 years after the decomposing body of a child was found inside a cooler in Manhattan police have now identified the mother of the girl known as "Baby Hope.
" But experts tell CBS News' Crimesider that the combination of time, renewed publicity, investigative determination, technology and a reward is precisely how many cold cases heat up. According to DNA Info, a New York local news site, over the summer police began hanging posters in the Washington Heights neighborhood where the girl's body was found in 1991, announcing a $12,000 reward for information on "Baby Hope. " Those posters, apparently, bore fruit. That fear, experts say, often keeps witnesses from coming forward when a crime occurs - but can dissipate over time.
Cousin Arrested in ‘Baby Hope’ Killing After 22 Years. ‘Baby Hope’ Identified as Angelica, but Questions Remain. ‘Baby Hope’ Identified as Angelica, but Questions Remain. Cousin Arrested in ‘Baby Hope’ Killing After 22 Years. Arrest in Baby Hope case brings closure to police. Conrado Juarez, 52, is arraigned Saturday, Oct. 12, 2013, at Manhattan Criminal Court for the alleged murder of 4-year-old Anjelica Castillo, nicknamed "Baby Hope", in New York. Pool,AP Photo/John Minchillo NEW YORK The announcement of an arrest in one of New York City's most notorious cold cases was especially relieving for two hardened investigators, who for 22 years had been working to identify the girl they nicknamed Baby Hope after discovering her body stuffed in a picnic cooler along a highway. Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Melissa Mourges, the original prosecutor in the 1991 case and now chief of the cold case unit, told a Manhattan judge that Conrado Juarez, 52, was charged with felony murder late Saturday.
The charge came shortly after police announced the Bronx man was a relative of the tiny victim, 4-year-old Anjelica Castillo. "You know the expression I'm on cloud 9? For more than two decades, the girl's name, age and circumstances of death were unknown. Suspect in Baby Hope Case Confesses. Conrado Juarez, the suspect in the 22-year-old investigation into the death of ‘Baby Hope,’ pleaded not guilty at his arraignment Saturday night, the New York Daily News reports.
New York City Police arrested Juarez, 52, on Friday. After a five-hour interrogation, he confessed to killing the 4-year-old in 1991 and disposing of her body in a cooler beside a New York City highway with the help of his sister, police announced Saturday. They also identified the girl for the first time as Anjelica Castillo. At the arraignment, Juarez was charged with second-degree murder and ordered held without bail.
Juarez and his sister, who has since died, were cousins of Castillo’s father. [New York Daily News] ‘Baby Hope’ mom’s last image of child 22 years ago was chilling goodbye from dad — followed by a door slamming in her face. Cops recently circulated fliers of ‘Baby Hope’ with an ‘age progression’ sketch of what she would look like if she lived. The mother of “Baby Hope” last saw the little girl after leaving the child with her ex-boyfriend — who told her to disappear and slammed a door in her face, sources told the Daily News. The cold-blooded farewell with the little girl’s father left the mom wondering for 22 years what had happened to her child, sources said.
Hope’s kid sister was also left with the dad, but she emerged unharmed. The mom “says she tried to find out about them, and to see them, but she says he told her to get lost,” a police source said. “She says whenever she asked, the relationship with him was so bad he wouldn’t let her in or talk to her.” Sources say the fugitive father is now the main suspect in the brutal slaying of the child whose body was stuffed inside a picnic cooler and dumped off the Henry Hudson Parkway.
“But I never lost faith. Rparascandola@nydailynews.com. 'Baby Hope' case: Cousin confesses to sexually assaulting, killing toddler Anjelica Castillo more than two decades ago. John Minchillo/Pool Conrado Juarez, who confessed to sexually assaulting and killing a 4-year-old in 1991, sits in the courtroom before his arraignment Saturday night. The answer to the Baby Hope murder mystery was all in the family.
Cops arrested a cousin of the toddler brutally murdered 22 years ago — marking a dramatic turn in one of the city’s most notorious cold cases. Conrado Juarez, 52, confessed Saturday to killing the girl and disposing of her body in a cooler with the help of his sister, Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said. John Minchillo/AP Conrado Juarez, cousin and confessed killer of toddler Anjelica Castillo, waits to be arraigned at Manhattan Criminal Court on Saturday night. His tiny victim, whose name had been a mystery for more than two decades, was identified for the first time as 4-year-old Anjelica Castillo.
When the little girl went motionless, Juarez summoned his sister, Balvina Juarez-Ramirez, from another room, Kelly said. With Jan Ransom and Ryan Sit.