Boy in the Box The Unsolved Case of America's Unknown Child

Name: Boy in the Box The Unsolved Case of America's Unknown Child
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ISBN: 9781599212692

ISBN-10: 1599212692

ISBN-13: 9781599212692

Edition: 2008

Authors: David Stout

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On February 25, 1957, the nude, badly bruised body of a young boy was found in a cardboard box in trash-strewn woods of north Philadelphia. Posters of the 0;Boy in the Box1; soon dotted the city and police stations nationwide-to no avail. In November 1998 the remains were exhumed for DNA analysis, and the boy was reburied as 0;America7;s Unknown Child.1; The Boy in the Boxis the first book to examine America7;s most famous unsolved case of child murder-one that led to the 0;Stranger Danger1; child safety campaign and aLaw & Orderepisode. Written in a fast-paced style and featuring never-before-seen photos, it examines half a century of shocking and mysterious events surrounding the…

Book details

List price: $16.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Globe Pequot Press, The
Publication date: 9/2/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 255
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.69" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English



Author's Note



A Graveside Gathering



Trapper and Peeper



Rain and Sorrow



What Death Can Tell



A Life Is Changed



"A National Case"



A Happy Time's Dark Side



Paths to Nowhere



The Trail Leads West



Into the Darkest Swamps



Call Back the Years



Visions of a Cabin



Sheltering the Children



The Hungarian Clue



College Secrets



American Families



Changes and Farewells



Dying Too Young



What Happens in Life



Husband and Wife



A Boy Is "Adopted"



What Adam Begot



"Way Back in Time"



Places of Honor



Blessings on Him



A Call from Cincinnati



A Tale of Horror



The Good Smaritan



How Much to Believe?



"Nothing Is Confirmed"



"Wacky Theories"



An Old Coal Bin



Giving in to Time



More Frustration



"Thy Will Be Done..."



On Life's Back Roads


Epilogue


Acknowledgments


Sources


Index


About the Author