Title: Boy in the box
Description: "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 seeking information on the identity of the "Boy in the Box" dotted teh city and police stations nationwide--but to no avail. In November 1998 the remains were exhumed for DNA analysis, and the boy was reburied as "America's Unknown Child ..." Exploring every theory, profiling a wide array of suspects and informants, and following the national movement to help solve this case, Stout gives readers a compelling, haunting, and unique portrait of a city and a nation impacted by this mysterious crime from the 1950s to today."--Cover.
Subjects: Murder, Investigation, Philadelphia (Pa.)., Cold cases (Criminal investigation), Murder victims, Case studies, Identification, Crimes against, Philadelphia (Pa.). Police Dept, Police, Children, Biography, Philadelphia (Pa.). Police Department, Children, crimes against, Murder, united states, Criminal investigation, united states, Philadelphia (pa.), biography, Police, biography
Places: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia