Philadelphia news stations reported Wednesday that police officials are expected to hold a news conference next week to name the “Boy in the Box,” a slain child who has remained unidentified for more than 65 years.
The boy had been beaten to death, CBS 3 reported. An autopsy determined he had been dead between three days and two weeks before he was found.Philadelphia police Det. Sgt. Bob Kuhlmeier told the stationThe boy’s sandy-colored hair had been crudely chopped and buzzed. The homemade crew cut — and the clumps of hair that remained on his small body — led to the theory that someone had cut his hair to hide his identity.
Both feet and the boy’s right hand were pruny, indicating he had been in water either just before or just after his death,Police officials launched a huge probe into the boy’s death that would ultimately last more than six decades. The Inquirer printed 400,000 posters about the child, and police distributed the leaflets to nearly every household in the city. Copies of the poster were inserted into residents’ gas bills.
In the summer of 1957, the slain boy was buried in a potter’s field. Detectives pooled resources to buy him a grave marker.Dozens of theories emerged over the years. One man came forward in 1957 and told police he was driving along Susquehanna Road on Feb. 23 when he spotted a woman and child standing next to a vehicle that he thought might have broken down.Pictured in June 2022 is the spot, marked with a red “X,” where an unidentified young boy was found slain in a cardboard box Feb.
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