No one will be charged over the remains of four infants found in a South Boston apartment two years ago, prosecutors said Tuesday, closing their investigation into what they called a "complex, unusual and perplexing" case.
On Nov. 17, 2022, law enforcement descended onto an apartment on East Broadway at N Street, at the time saying they were investigating "a possible fetus or infant found in a freezer." Homicide detectives were on scene for hours, alongside the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office, and the next day, police announced that more apparent human remains had been found.
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But there were few updates on the case in the months since, until Tuesday, when prosecutors shared what they know about the case — and what they don't — involving 69-year-old Alexis Aldamir and her children.
"This investigation, which is one of the most complex, unusual and perplexing that this office has ever encountered, is now complete," Suffolk District Attorney Kevin Hayden said in a statement.
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He continued by noting that it may never be known if the babies were born alive or many of the key details.
"We will never know exactly where or when the four babies found in Alexis Aldamir’s apartment were born. We will never know if the four babies were born alive, and we will never know exactly what happened to them. We will never know how Alexis Aldamir concealed her pregnancies, or why she chose to do so," he continued.
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DNA tests found that the babies were all full siblings, meaning that they shared a father. The man died in 2011; he and Aldamir had one other child, whom they gave up for adoption in April 1982.
When investigators visited Aldamir in late 2022 at a health care facility where she lives, they found her confused, including about her own identity. Prosecutors found, after talking with probate court records and her lawyer, that her cognitive abilities strongly suggested she would be unable to stand trial.
A conservatorship was approved for Aldamir in 2022, according to probate court records obtained by NBC10 Boston, after it was attested that she was "unable to receive, synthesize and understand new information."
