A troubling disappearance in Okemos, Michigan, began in the winter of 2015 when a newborn identified as Male Baby Mitin was last seen on January 16, 2015. The infant was only days or weeks old at the time. The child’s existence came to light during court proceedings in an unrelated case: the baby’s mother, Melissa Mitin, was already facing a murder charge in the 2013 death of her newborn daughter, and it was revealed in an Ingham County courtroom that she had given birth again while out on bond.

According to court testimony, the mother said she could not recall where the boy was. Investigators launched a focused search led by the Meridian Township Police Department and at one point compared the baby to remains of a deceased infant found in a dumpster in another city; DNA testing later ruled that out. Authorities have reported they believe the baby was likely left in a dumpster and presumed dead, but his body has never been located and his whereabouts remain unknown.

Does anyone have information about the boy’s birth or where a newborn might have been taken or left in mid-January 2015?