( CNN ) -- 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 . The medical examiner , however , has n't provided a cause of death , said Sgt . Steve Hauck , spokesman for Utica police . After receiving information , state police divers found the child in a container in the Mohawk River on September 6 , authorities said . `` 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 would n't say whether the father had anything to do with the tip leading police to the remains , citing the ongoing investigation , but the circumstances of Levon 's disappearance raised questions about the boy 's father from the start . Wameling took two weeks to go to an attorney 's office and then call police to report Levon 's disappearance , authorities said back in June . `` 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 . '' The father told investigators he took the child out for a late-night walk and locked himself out of his home , so he put the boy down on the small front porch and went around back to find a way in . When he opened the front door , the baby was gone , the father told police . Levon would have turned a year old on August 31 , police said . CNN 's Chris Boyette contributed to this report .
Police confirm baby is the same infant missing from Utica , New York . Levon Wameling was 10 months old when father reported him taken from home . Medical examiners have n't determined the cause of death . Comment: The police are investigating a case where an infant has been found in a dumpster with no sign of its mother or father for several days.