Some of the youngest detectives who helped solve the Baby Moses case weren’t even born when the child’s lifeless body was discovered in a Washington Park flower bed in September 1997. Now Albany Police Chief Eric Hawkins is thanking everyone who solved the case.

Hawkins says it took patience, persistence, dedication, and hard work to put the case together and eventually cross the finish line.

Thanks to the work of Albany Police, State Police, and the FBI, and thanks to advances in DNA technology, this former cold case culminated over the weekend with the arrest of 52-year old Keri Mazzuca, a divorced mother of two from Guilderland. She is facing murder charges along with concealment of a human corpse, and evidence tampering, all of which she has pleaded not guilty to.

Citing an upcoming trial, Hawkins would not provide specific details, but he mentioned solving a 27-year-old case has provided a noticeable morale boost in the department.

Hear his words of praise and from Commander Melissa Morley as she talks about how technology helped with the breakthrough, by watching the video of Dan Levy’s story.