Newly revealed evidence has led to the arrest of a couple allegedly connected to an unsolved case in North Carolina.

The Nags Head Police Department reported on Oct. 25 that investigators had found new DNA evidence regarding the death of an infant in 1991. The evidence led the police department to arrest Scott Gordon Poole, 54 years old, and his wife, Robin Lynn Byrum, 51 years old, for “concealing birth of child,” which is considered a Class 1 felony in North Carolina.

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