He would be approximately 70years old today, although no one really knows exactly how old he would be, because no one knows when he was born, or his name,or his parents or who is favorite comic book hero was. No one knows anything,. We only know him as The Boy in a Box, or America’s Unknown child. He is the unidentified murder victim, 3 to 7 years old, whose naked, battered body was found in a cardboard box in the Fox Chase section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on February 25, 1957. Gift Bob received from the Vidocq Society I KNEW the building would look like this!! WARNING: PICTURES BELOW MAY BE DISTURBING TO SOME Newest Grave stone, I hope it soon will say a name instead Wanted Poster for informationDetectives lovingly dressed him for photos and his funeral None of the photos on this page belong to Haunting History Podcast. No copyright infringement intended and are only used as enhancements to the story told. At times when reporting facts regarding a true crime, (and photos) multiple sources use the same wording. Every effort is made to avoid any copyright infringements and no single work was intentionally plagiarized when reporting the facts of the crimes or the telling of the stories. Below is a list of resources used during the research and telling of this story. (partial) Information Credits: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boy_in_the_Box_(Philadelphia)https://medium.com/the-mystery-box/decades-after-he-was-found-there-is-still-hope-for-americas-unknown-child-678ce17ff7echttps://allthatsinteresting.com/boy-in-the-boxhttps://www.ranker.com/list/facts-and-theories-about-the-boy-in-the-box/cat-mcauliffehttps://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2020/11/11/memorial-services-held-for-boy-in-the-box-decades-after-murder-remains-unsolved-mystery/IMAGE CREDIThttps://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fallthatsinteresting.com%2Fboy-in-the-https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reddit.com%2Fr%2FUnexplainedPhotos%2Fcomments%2F23cp6w%2Fknown_also_as_americas_unknown_child_the_boy_in%2F&psig=AOvVaw2AbIGFv3JkjtrqjTFHbpYO&ust=1638399775050000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CAwQjhxqFwoTCODxwvqYwfQCFQAAAAAdAAAAABAJ https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fallthatsinteresting.com%2Fboy-in-the-box&psig=AOvVaw2AbIGFv3JkjtrqjTFHbpYO&ust=1638399775050000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CAwQjhxqFwoTCODxwvqYwfQCFQAAAAAdAAAAABAO Bob Taft and of course Ancestry.com, MyHeritage.com, Newspaperarchives, FamilySearch.org This presentation is protected by US & International copyright laws. Reproduction & distribution of the presentation without written permission of the sponsor is prohibited.

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