No Charges To Be Filed After 4 Babies Found In Boston Freezer

BOSTON, MA — A year and a half after four babies were found in a freezer in South Boston, the Suffolk District Attorney's Office has announced that no charges will be filed.

The case began to unfold on the afternoon of Nov. 17, 2022, when Boston police were called to an apartment in the 800 block of East Broadway after a man and his wife found four babies "frozen solid" in shoe boxes inside a refrigerator while cleaning his sister's apartment, officials said.

The babies, two boys and two girls determined to be siblings, were all full-term and had umbilical cords attached. The medical examiner's office was not able to determine how long the babies had been frozen, whether they had been born alive, or how they died, according to officials.

An extensive investigation ensued, after which officials were able to determine that the apartment was owned and occupied by Alexis Aldamir, 69, who had moved with her family from Maryland to Amherst in 1971 when she was almost 17 years old. She moved to Boston from Amherst around February 1979. Records show that Aldamir purchased the South Boston apartment in October 1983, and likely started living in the apartment as early as April 1982.

Investigators found Aldamir in a residential healthcare facility and confirmed through DNA samples that she was the mother of all four babies and that the father of the babies died in 2011.

She worked for an accounting firm in Boston from March 1980 to October 2021, though her coworkers — who described her as hardworking — said they never knew her to be pregnant. However, investigators were able to determine that Aldamir had five children with the same man and gave one of their children up for adoption. The other four were found in her apartment.

This is when problems with potential criminal justice began to arise, officials said.

"First, to charge any homicide, there must be evidence that the victims were alive," according to officials. "There must also be a cause of death determined by the medical examiner. In this case, investigators cannot prove that the babies were ever alive and they have no cause or manner of death."

In addition, the autopsy found no evidence of injury to the babies, and since the father is now dead, he cannot be charged with any crimes.

Lastly comes the question of Aldamir's ability to stand trial, officials said.

"In late 2022, investigators visited the healthcare facility where Aldamir now lives," according to officials. "They questioned her about the babies found in her apartment. Throughout the interview, Aldamir appeared confused and demonstrated a lack of understanding about where she was and who she was speaking to. As a result, she was unable to provide investigators with any significant information."

That left officials with their conclusion.

"A prosecutor’s office cannot ethically move forward with a case that, in good faith, it believes it cannot bring to trial," officials wrote. "Here, based on the evidence obtained throughout the investigation, including the many unanswered questions about the cause of death of the four babies, prosecutors have made the determination that they will not be able to bring this case to trial. Therefore, this investigation will not result in criminal charges."