Man indicted in Baby Hope cold case in US THE man accused of killing his four-year-old cousin, Anjelica Castillo, dubbed Baby Hope for two decades, has been indicted by a grand jury. Judge Lisa Sokoloff on Tuesday sent the case to the New York Supreme Court, setting November 21 for the arraignment of Conrado Juarez. The 52-year-old kitchen worker was arrested in early October and confessed to sexually abusing and killing the youngster, although he later retracted the confession. The grand jury investigating the case decided that there was sufficient evidence to bring Juarez to trial, Juarez's attorney, Michael Croce, told the press outside the courthouse. When asked about Juarez's confession, the lawyer said he "didn't trust" it and that all such statements must be carefully examined. "I don't trust any statements that were made, by any individual, after being in custody for such an extended period of time," Croce said. I would expect that we will find out that statement was not videotaped or recorded, and that is by design. In an interview granted last week to The New York Times in Rikers Island jail, Juarez said that he had been coerced by police into confessing but he had not killed the girl. The child's body was found in 1991 in a cooler alongside a Manhattan highway. Juarez would have been about 30 at the time. Afterward, detectives nicknamed the then-unidentified child Baby Hope, helped arrange her burial and paid for her headstone. Police marked the 22nd anniversary of the discovery of her body by putting up flyers and announcing a $US12,000 ($A12,389) reward for information. A tip then finally led investigators to her name - Anjelica Castillo - and to Juarez's arrest this month.