Denise Merker, 56岁,对2025年通过DNA鉴定的1993年新生儿女儿被杀表示不认罪。 Denise Merker, 56, pleaded not guilty to killing her 1993 newborn daughter, identified via DNA in 2025.

Riverhead的56岁的Denise Reischman Merker于2026年3月2日在苏福克县法院对二度谋杀表示不服罪。 1993年,她新生的女儿Baby Emily死亡,她的尸体被发现在卡尔弗顿25号公路上的一个垃圾袋里。 Denise Reischman Merker, 56, of Riverhead, pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder in Suffolk County Court on March 2, 2026, in the 1993 death of her newborn daughter, Baby Emily, whose body was found in a garbage bag on Route 25 in Calverton. 当局说Merker, 21岁时隐藏她的怀孕, 独自在祖母家中分娩, Authorities say Merker, then 21, concealed her pregnancy, gave birth alone at her grandmother’s home, and suffocated the infant by packing paper towels in her mouth, fearing the baby’s crying. 2025年通过DNA和遗传基因基因学查明的该名儿童被发现体重为7磅6盎司。 The child, identified through DNA and genetic genealogy in 2025, was found weighing 7 pounds 6 ounces. Merker否认在2025年11月的一次采访中生下另一个孩子, 但废弃香烟的DNA样本与婴儿的DNA相符。 Merker denied giving birth to another child during a November 2025 interview, but a DNA sample from a discarded cigarette matched the infant’s DNA. 她在2026年2月2日的自愿面谈中供认,被捕,没有保释。 She confessed during a voluntary February 2, 2026, interview, was arrested, and held without bail. 案件继续审理,下个法院日期定于2026年4月15日。 The case continues, with a next court date set for April 15, 2026.