A Portland father was arrested Wednesday more than 10 years after he was charged with killing his newborn daughter in a case that gripped the city, who affectionately named the girl “Baby Precious.”
Alnath Omar Oliver, 53, was charged with murder, criminal mischief, rape and concealing the birth of a baby, the Portland Police Bureau announced.
Investigators believe Oliver killed “Baby Precious,” later revealed to be Amara’s baby, in 2013 in an attempt to hide his relationship with the newborn’s 15-year-old mother.
He allegedly forced the teenage girl to give birth on the floor of his apartment on May 27 after months of denying her access to medical care before taking the newborn outside in an apparent attempt to take her to hospital.
“He then took the child from the event from his apartment, and on the way to the hospital the baby died,” Detective Brendan McGuire said at a press conference.
That’s when Oliver threw her into a recycling bin, which was then trucked to a recycling plant where her body was found on a conveyor belt the next day.
The baby’s body was found in a recycling plant on a conveyor belt.Facebook/EFI Recycling
The Medical Examiner immediately ruled the infant’s death a homicide, but was unable to identify any relatives for the next decade.
Investigators were finally able to track down Amara’s family after blood relatives on her mother’s side uploaded their own 23AndMe test results to its database.
The mother has cooperated fully with investigators, McGuire said.
Unfortunately, he got the impression that Amara had been taken to the hospital and was still alive today.
The mother was not charged because she herself was a victim of statutory rape, investigators said.
“While we continue to mourn the death of baby Amara, we hope this important announcement helps our community with the healing process from this tragedy,” Chief Chuck Lovell said in a statement.
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