The Boy in the Box Mystery
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Pictures and Maps
The mystery began on Feb 25, 1957 with a small boy's body being found in a cardboard box, off Susquehanna Rd.- west of Verree Rd. in the Fox Chase area of Philadelphia.
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View of the box with the unknown boy's blanket-wrapped body still inside.
(Photo credit: Detective Tom Augustine of the Philadelphia police department has generously granted us exclusive permission to publish this original crime scene photograph from the official case files.)
Click here to view additional discovery site photos
Click here to see maps of the area
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Two photos of the unknown boy dressed in typical children's clothing. An attempt by detectives to make him "more recognizable".
WARNING: The photographs on this page may be too shocking for some visitors.
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Please note that there are additional photos in the Newspaper Archives.
