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

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 “Boy in the Box” 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 “America’s Unknown Child.”

                 

The Boy in the Box is the first book to examine America’s most famous unsolved case of child murder—one that led to the “Stranger Danger” child safety campaign and a Law & Order episode. Written in a fast-paced style and featuring never-before-seen photos, it examines half a century of shocking and mysterious events surrounding the discovery of the body. David Stout presents a timeline interwoven with flashbacks, theories, media reports, first-hand interviews, and urban myths—taking us back to the year America lost its innocence forever.
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Boy in the Box: The Unsolved Case of America's Unknown Child

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 “Boy in the Box” 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 “America’s Unknown Child.”

                 

The Boy in the Box is the first book to examine America’s most famous unsolved case of child murder—one that led to the “Stranger Danger” child safety campaign and a Law & Order episode. Written in a fast-paced style and featuring never-before-seen photos, it examines half a century of shocking and mysterious events surrounding the discovery of the body. David Stout presents a timeline interwoven with flashbacks, theories, media reports, first-hand interviews, and urban myths—taking us back to the year America lost its innocence forever.
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Boy in the Box: The Unsolved Case of America's Unknown Child

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

by David Stout
Boy in the Box: The Unsolved Case of America's Unknown Child

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

by David Stout

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Overview

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 “Boy in the Box” 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 “America’s Unknown Child.”

                 

The Boy in the Box is the first book to examine America’s most famous unsolved case of child murder—one that led to the “Stranger Danger” child safety campaign and a Law & Order episode. Written in a fast-paced style and featuring never-before-seen photos, it examines half a century of shocking and mysterious events surrounding the discovery of the body. David Stout presents a timeline interwoven with flashbacks, theories, media reports, first-hand interviews, and urban myths—taking us back to the year America lost its innocence forever.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780762798681
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date: 09/02/2008
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 272
File size: 2 MB

About the Author

David Stout, a veteran journalist with the New York Times, is currently a reporter for the paper’s Washington, DC, bureau. He is the author of three novels, including the Edgar Award–winning mystery Carolina Skeletons. He is also the author of Night of the Devil, about the slaying of two policemen in Lodi, New Jersey.

Table of Contents


Author's Note     vii
A Graveside Gathering     1
Trapper and Peeper     6
Rain and Sorrow     14
What Death Can Tell     20
A Life Is Changed     28
"A National Case"     36
A Happy Time's Dark Side     44
Paths to Nowhere     58
The Trail Leads West     64
Into the Darkest Swamps     69
Call Back the Years     75
Visions of a Cabin     79
Sheltering the Children     90
The Hungarian Clue     101
College Secrets     108
American Families     110
Changes and Farewells     117
Dying Too Young     134
What Happens in Life     144
Husband and Wife     148
A Boy Is "Adopted"     155
What Adam Begot     161
"Way Back in Time"     167
Places of Honor     176
Blessings on Him     181
A Call from Cincinnati     186
A Tale of Horror     190
The Good Smaritan     201
How Much to Believe?     204
"Nothing Is Confirmed"     210
"WackyTheories"     216
An Old Coal Bin     220
Giving in to Time     224
More Frustration     228
"Thy Will Be Done..."     231
On Life's Back Roads     239
Epilogue     246
Acknowledgments     248
Sources     250
Index     251
About the Author     256
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