The unidentified victim of one of America's oldest unsolved murders is expected to be named on Thursday in Philadelphia, raising hopes that the boy's shocking 1950s slaying could someday be solved.
The unidentified victim of one of America's oldest unsolved murders is expected
Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw, her top deputies, the Philadelphia medical examiner and volunteer sleuths have scheduled an 11 a.m. news conference to reveal findings connected to the so-called"Boy in the Box" murder probe, officials said.Remains of a badly beaten boy, believed to be between 3 and 7, were wrapped in a blanket and found in a cardboard box in Philadelphia’s Fox Chase neighborhood on Feb. 25, 1957.
Vidocq co-founder and former Philadelphia police officer and FBI agent Bill Fleisher said he was overcome with emotion upon learning about developments in the case.after Philadelphia police told him they had identified the child. “I feed that to the police department and the police department runs those leads out ... knocking on doors, talking to people,” Fleisher said.
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