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Authorities confirmed the remains found in an upstate New York river were of a baby boy reported missing from Utica in June, police said Saturday.

Extensive DNA testing, performed at the Onondaga County medical examiner's office in Syracuse, verified the baby was Levon Wameling, who was 10 months old when his father reported the child was taken while unattended from the house porch, authorities said.

After receiving information, state police divers found the baby in a container.

"The Utica Police continue to investigate this case, with the hope that the truth will be learned and the person(s) responsible are held accountable," Hauck said in a statement.

Earlier this month, the boy's father, Jevon Wameling, was arrested by New York State Police and accused of breaking into a home in a suburb of Utica to steal jewelry and money.

Hauck said then he wouldn't say whether the father had anything to do with the tip leading police to the remains, citing the ongoing investigation, there has been questioning from the start  about the boy's father from the start.

Wameling took two weeks to go to the police to tell them that his son was missing.

"Based on the information that he's given us, we have a lot of concern," Utica Police Chief Mark Williams said at the time.

"We have a problem with what he says," Williams said. "There's no question about it."

http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/21/us/new-york-missing-baby-remains/index.html?c=us