https://www.al.com/news/2020/12/delt...VbK_OUINSAGdsE
Law enforcement officials in Mississippi say they have solved a mystery nearly 38 years to the day after the body of an infant was found floating in a river.
This morning, Jackson County (Miss.) Sheriff Mike Ezell announced during a press conference the identity of a child found in thick brush along the Escatawpa River, beneath the westbound lanes of Interstate 10 in Jackson County, Miss., on Dec. 5, 1982. The child and her mother were last seen on Nov 24, 1982 when they left Joplin Mo, with a man to start a new life, they were never seen again. The child has been identified as Alisha Ann Heinrich, her mother is Gwendolyn Clemons.
Her mother is still missing, however in the article it did state someone found a woman's body floating in the water. I wonder if the deceased woman was the child's mother. The suspect has since died.