Unsolved Cases: 'Baby Bede'

A newborn found dead on Neville Island in 1999 has never been identified.

Most babies are brought into this world wanted, cared for and loved. But there are some who aren't that lucky. On April 11, 1999, some buzzards circling near the Ohio River's edge caught the attention of two employees doing a security check on the 3-11 p.m. shift at Pittsburgh Gear Co., a manufacturing business on Neville Island. As they walked down a rutted path toward the banks of the river, the men saw what drew the buzzards' attention—the lifeless body of a baby boy caught in rocks and twigs in very shallow water off to the side of an old boat ramp. Part of his umbilical cord was still attached. According to an April 12, 1999, story in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the men called police. Law enforcement officials said that they believed…

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