Monday Mystery With The Boy In The Box...!

How very sad it is when the body of a young person is found and, despite all attempts, the body is never identified.

I'm constantly surprised at how cruel we can be with one another at times. In my mind, there can never be any excuse for the harming of a child.

Boy in the Box

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On February 25, 1957, a trapper in the Fox Chase area of Philadelphia, PA stumbled upon a blanket-covered body stuffed into a cardboard box. Although he kept silent to avoid having his traps confiscated, a passing college student later reported the body. The naked victim was four to six years old with signs of severe malnourishment, a lifetime of beatings, and recently shorn hair. Further searches unearthed a child’s cap, scarf, and handkerchief, while media attention brought forth several confessions.

Most strikingly, one woman claimed her abusive mother had purchased, tortured, and accidentally murdered the boy before dumping his body. In 2016, the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children added his facial reconstruction to their database, but, to this day, the identity and death of “America’s Unknown Child” remains a mystery.

There is really nothing else I can say. Crimes against children will never be excused, in my way of thinking.

Coffee out on the patio once again. Gotta love it!