Text News Article Index

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Page 1: 1957

Page 2: 1957

Page 3: 1957

Page 4: 1957

Page 5: 1957

Page 6: 1958-59

Page 7: 1960-61

Page 8: 1962-72

Page 9: 1973-82

Page 10: 1987-98

Page 11: 1998-99

Page 12: 2001-03

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Body of Boy Found in Box in Fox Chase - 02/26/57 Philadelphia Bulletin

Beaten Boy's Body Found in Box - 02/27/57 Philadelphia Inquirer

Murdered Boy May Be 1955 Kidnap Victim - 02/27/57 Philadelphia Bulletin

Couple Sought in Boy's Murder - 02/28/57 Philadelphia Inquirer

Killer May Have Cut Hair Of Boy to Hide Identity - 02/28/57 Philadelphia Bulletin

Who Is This Boy? - 02/28/57 Philadelphia Inquirer

Bassinet Box Clue In Murder of Mystery Boy - 02/28/57 Philadelphia Bulletin

Posters Seek Boy's Identity - 02/28/57 Philadelphia Bulletin

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Barber Provides Clue To Slain Mystery Boy - 03/01/57 Philadelphia Inquirer

Marine Believes Slain Boy Is Brother - 03/02/57 Philadelphia Inquirer

Boy In Carton May Have Died Getting Haircut - 03/02/57 Philadelphia Bulletin

Clue to Identity of Slain Boy Proves False - 03/03/57 Philadelphia Inquirer

Tests Show Boy Was Put in Water Before Murder - 03/04/57 Philadelphia Inquirer

Mystery Boy's Skin Hints He Was Drowned - 03/04/57 Philadelphia Bulletin

Doctors' Help Sought In Effort to Identify Slain Mystery Boy - 03/05/57 Philadelphia Inquirer

Police Rookies Assigned To Seek Slain Boy's Identity - 03/06/57 Philadelphia Bulletin

Murdered Boy Had Operations - 03/07/57 Philadelphia Bulletin

Six Identify Mystery Boy - 03/08/57 Philadelphia Bulletin

Handkerchief Clue In Murder - 03/08/57 Philadelphia Bulletin

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Boy Not Hers, Mother Says - 03/09/57 Philadelphia Bulletin

FBI Will Study Old Cap For Clue To Murdered Boy - 03/10/57 Philadelphia Bulletin

Tulsa Woman Believes Boy In Box Is Her Son - 03/11/57 Philadelphia Bulletin

Woman Doubts Missing Boy Is Her Grandson - 03/12/57 Philadelphia Bulletin

Youth Reveals He Saw Body Of Mystery Boy - 03/13/57 Philadelphia Bulletin

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FBI To Publish Report On Murdered Boy - 03/14/57 Philadelphia Bulletin

FBI To Probe Murder Of Boy - 03/17/57 Philadelphia Bulletin

Pictures Of Slain Boy Go Out With Gas Bills - 03/17/57 Philadelphia Bulletin

State Stores Post Fliers on Slain Boy - 04/17/57 Philadelphia Bulletin

Death Mask To Be Used In Murder Investigation - 07/09/57 Philadelphia Bulletin

Boy In The Box Posters Go Out To Racetracks - 07/22/57 Philadelphia Bulletin

Unknown Boy Going To Grave - 07/23/57 Philadelphia Bulletin

Can You Help? - 08/01/57 Philadelphia Bulletin

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N.Y. Girl's Death Tied To Boy's Slaying Here - 08/17/57 Philadelphia Inquirer

Marker Planned For Unknown Boy - 08/19/57 Philadelphia Bulletin

Art Board OK's Marker For Slain Boy's Grave - 08/22/57 Philadelphia Bulletin

Slain Boy One Of Missing Family? - 08/23/57 Philadelphia Daily News

Marker Erected For Unknown Boy - Date Unknown (late 1957) Philadelphia Bulletin

4 Questioned In Murder Of Boy Found In Carton - 09/14/57 Philadelphia Inquirer

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Seek Clue In Carton Death - 02/26/58 Philadelphia Inquirer

Lie Test Clears City Soldier - 09/23/58 Philadelphia Bulletin

Tests Point To Maker Of Blanket - 11/23/58 Philadelphia Bulletin

Police Will Decorate Slain Boy's Grave - 12/19/58 Philadelphia Bulletin

Police To Decorate Slain Boy's Grave - 02/26/59 Philadelphia Bulletin

2 Wreaths Honor The Unknown Boy - 03/02/59 Philadelphia Inquirer

New Moves Started To Identify Slain Boy - 06/28/59 Philadelphia Bulletin

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Mom Of 9 Quizzed In Fox Chase Death - 10/03/60 Philadelphia Daily News

Carnival Family Quizzed In Boy-In-Box Slaying - 02/24/61 Philadelphia Bulletin

Boy Found Four Years Ago - 02/25/61 Philadelphia Inquirer

Father Admits Disposing Of 4 Dead Children - 03/01/61 Philadelphia Bulletin

Police Doubt Boy In Box Was Son Of Carnival Couple - 03/02/61 Philadelphia Bulletin

Boy In The Box Probers Give Up On Carnival Couple - 03/14/61 Philadelphia Bulletin

Father Admits Starving Six - 09/26/61 Philadelphia Bulletin

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4 Persons Give "Sixth Sense" Tips .... - 02/25/62 Philadelphia Bulletin

Six Years Later, Two Men Remember Unknown Boy - 02/25/63 Philadelphia Daily News

10 Years Of Love For The Unknown Boy In Grave No. 191 - 02/22/67 Philadelphia Daily News

Officers To Visit Grave Of Unidentified Boy - 02/23/67 Philadelphia Bulletin

Graveside Rites Mark Death Of "Boy In The Box" - 02/26/67 Philadelphia Bulletin

City Aide Pays Visit To Grave Of "Boy In The Box" - 02/26/67 Philadelphia Bulletin

At A Little Boy's Grave - 02/26/68 Philadelphia Bulletin

The Fox Chase Boy: 15 Years Of Mystery - 02/23/72 Philadelphia Daily News

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Some Mourn Boy Found Dead in '57 - 12/23/73 Philadelphia Inquirer

At Boy's Grave, Prober Kneels and Says a Prayer - 12/31/74 Philadelphia Bulletin

Boy in a Box: 20 Years and No Solution - 02/25/77 Philadelphia Bulletin

Boy In The Box After 25 Years, Fox Chase Body Still Baffles Prober - 02/18/82 Philadelphia Daily News

"Boy In The Box" - One Man's 25-Year Quest To Identify A Child - 02/22/82 Philadelphia Inquirer

Rites For "Boy In The Box" On 25-Year Anniversary, A Clue To His Identity - 02/26/82 Philadelphia Daily News

"Boy In The Box" Clue Fails - 02/27/82 Philadelphia Daily News

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Haunting Questions For Investigator - 07/24/87 Philadelphia Daily News

"To Give The Child A Name ... A Life" - 10/23/88 Philadelphia Inquirer

Searching For A Name - 30 Years Later - 03/25/98 Northeast Times

Vidocq Meeting Note - 03/25/98 Vidocq Society

Eh, What's Up, Vidocq? - October 1998 Philadelphia City Paper

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For 41 Years He's Been The Boy In The Box ... He Deserves A Name ... And Justice - 10/03/98 America's Most Wanted

A Box Full Of Clues - October 1998 Philadelphia City Paper

America's Most Wanted Identity - October 1998 Northeast Times

"Bless This Unknown Boy" - 10/23/98 Philadelphia City Paper

Police Plan DNA Test In Probe Of 41-Year-Old Slaying - 11/04/98 Philadelphia Inquirer

Cops Hope DNA Will Identify Boy Slain In 1957 - 11/04/98 Philadelphia Daily News

Authorities using DNA to identify boy killed in '57 - 11/06/98 Philadelphia Tribune

Announcement: Public Graveside Services For "America's Unknown Child" - November 1998 Vidocq Society

The Boy In The Box Is Reburied As America's Unknown Child - 11/12/98 Philadelphia Inquirer

Boy In Box Gets Fitting Burial - 11/12/98 Philadelphia Daily News

The still-mysterious 'Boy in the Box' - 02/25/99 Philadelphia Daily News

Boy in Box Portrayed By Police Artist - 09/25/99 Philadelphia Daily News

Boy slain in '57 still unidentified but not forgotten - 11/12/99 Philadelphia Inquirer

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Packing It In - 03/14/01 PhiladelphiaWeekly.com

New leads may solve "boy in the box" murder mystery - 06/25/02 Philadelphia Inquirer Online

New Information in "Boy in the Box" Case - 06/25/02 KYW-3 Eyewitness News

New clues fueling hope in a 45-year mystery - 06/26/02 Philadelphia Inquirer Online

Some hope in solving "Boy in Box" - 06/26/02 Philadelphia Daily News

13-year-old confession gave "Boy in Box" a name - 06/27/02 Philadelphia Daily News

"Boy in Box" given to couple in '50s - 06/28/02 Philadelphia Daily News

45-year-old mystery gets another look - 06/30/02 Associated Press

Hope Fades For Big Break in 'Boy in The Box' Case - 07/05/02 Associated Press

Who was The Boy in The Box? - 07/31/02 Northeast Times

Boy in the Box revelations come up empty - 12/04/02 Frankford News Gleaner

Despite new lead, case stays stalled - 01/12/03 Philadelphia Inquirer

Who killed the boy in the box? - 11/07/03 Philadelphia Inquirer

"Boy In The Box" Remembered - 11/11/03 KYW-TV Channel 3

Mourners mark anniversary of Boy in the Box - 11/20/03 Northeast Times

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