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BOY IN THE BOX

“AMERICA’S UNKNOWN CHILD”. BOY IN THE BOX. HIS CASE. Born in Philadelphia in 1954 On Feb 25 1957 police found a suspicious cardboard box in the city of Fox Chase There was a young boy inside with head injuries

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BOY IN THE BOX

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  1. “AMERICA’S UNKNOWN CHILD” BOY IN THE BOX

  2. HIS CASE • Born in Philadelphia in 1954 • On Feb 25 1957 police found a suspicious cardboard box in the city of Fox Chase • There was a young boy inside with head injuries • The boy had a unique haircut, there were bruises all over his body and he was stripped of his clothing, wrapped in a plaid blanket and placed in this box which was traced to the JC Penny store.

  3. Theories THE FOSTER HOME THEORY Remington Bristow contacted a psychic from new jersey for help with the case. What the psychic told him was to look for a house. which resembled a foster home. A bassinet was discovered which is similar to those sold at J C Penny, also he discovered blankets hanging on a clothes line similar to the one the boy was buried in . He believed the death was accidental but the was no solid evidence to link to the boy and the foster family so they couldn’t convict anyone. The theory was proven false.

  4. THEORIES PART 2 “M”’s STORY A women only known as “m” claimed that her and her abusive mother purchases a boy from a family known as “Jonathan”. The kid faced sexual and physical abuse for 2 and a half years until he was killed. He was caught up in a rage and had his head slammed against the bathtub because he threw up in it.Apperently “M” chopped the boys hair up and dumped the body in the Fox Chase area.”M” said she had assistance from a man on a motorcycle. Police found it plausible but later said she was mentally ill.

  5. CURRENT STATUS • The case remains officially unsolved, but investigators are attempting DNA analysis on the boy's remains to attempt to link him to entries in a national mitochondrial DNA

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