Palatine woman held in baby's August death

Using a sophisticated technique of modern crime fighting - DNAtesting - police have linked a Palatine mother to the death of aninfant girl they say was her daughter.

Elizabeth M. Ehlert, 31, was ordered held in lieu of $250,000bond Thursday after being charged with the August death of a babyfound floating in a shallow storm-water retention pond at Twin LakesGolf Course in Palatine.

DNA testing, a process that compares chromosome patterns, plusstatements by "a number of corroborating witnesses" and by Ehlert ledpolice to charge Ehlert, Palatine Deputy Police Chief Walter Gasiorsaid.

Ehlert also has been identified as a suspect in the 1988 slayingof her …