Over 40 years after children found a dead baby near a road, Vermont police find infant's parents and close the case

More than 40 years after some Vermont children waiting for a school bus discovered a dead baby off the side of the road, state police have announced that they found the infant's parents and no charges will be filed.

The deceased infant was found in Northfield on April 1, 1982, state police said Wednesday. Investigators determined that the deceased baby was a recently born boy but his identify was unknown. An autopsy was unable to determine the cause of death or if the baby died of existing medical conditions, police said.

"Although the manner of death was never classified as a homicide, investigators have always treated this case as a homicide until that classification could be ruled out," police said.