A search for the remains of five infants, whose mummified bodies were discovered in a Gallitzin home in 1980, remains a mystery. Recently Cambria County Coroner Jeff Lees announced that two of the infant’s skulls, that were in the hands of the Mutter Museum in Philadelphia, were identified as part of the Gallitzin baby murders. The museum found the skulls during an audit. The skulls reportedly were transferred to the museum in 1999 as part of a donation from the late Dr. Halbert Fillinger, who was a forensic analyst who examined the remains 45 years ago. In 1980 the murders of the babies came to light after the death of 76-year-old Stella Williamson, who left a letter that led investigators to the mummified remains of five infants in a trunk in her attic. The infants had been wrapped in newspapers dating back to the 20s and 30s, and it was later determined that at least three of the babies had been strangled. The remains of the five infants were believed to have been buried at the Laurel United Cemetery in Ebensburg, however when Cambria County Coroner Lees went to exhume the bodies yesterday, so that all the babies could be buried together, nothing was found at the burial site. Although burying all five together couldn’t take place yesterday, the skulls were wrapped with baby blankets and placed in a vault and buried in a marked plot where the other babies were said to have been buried. During a press conference yesterday Lees said if anyone has any information on the case they should contact his office.
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