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Mary Catherine Crumlich was originally charged as a juvenile last April in the death of "Baby Mary," in a case that bedeviled authorities in Mendham Township for years.
The nearly four-decade investigation involving countless leads across three states led to the discovery of the biological mother of the infant — who was baptized and named “Baby Mary" — last year. Her name was not announced until this week.
Crumlich, who pleaded guilty to manslaughter in February, was sentenced to two years of probation after she is imprisoned for 364 days at the Morris County Correctional Facility, Morris County Prosecutor Robert Carroll said.
Crumlich is a resident of South Carolina and had the surname Snyder in 1984, authorities said.
On Christmas Eve 1984, two boys found an abandoned and deceased newborn baby girl in a remote wooded area off of Mt. Pleasant Road in Mendham Township, authorities said.
The baby girl's umbilical cord was still attached, authorities said. Her death was ruled a homicide authorities said.
Investigators used new technology to identify Mary's biological mother and father, authorities said. The father passed away prior to being identified and there is no evidence he was aware of the pregnancy, authorities said.
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