He delayed calling police until the next day because he too was worried about getting in trouble for his own actions. The second man to discover the body was a college student who had the intent of spying on a nearby girls school. Afraid authorities would force him to remove the traps from the woods, he decided against reporting the dead body. The first person to find the boy was a man checking muskrat traps. The Boy in the Box investigation was put at a disadvantage from the very beginning. There were two surgical scars, one on his groin and one on his ankle, as well as an ‘L’ shaped scar in his chin. It seemed surprising nobody was able to identify the boy because he had several unique scars. The boy also appeared severely malnourished. Police believe this because there were still clumps of hair on the body. It is suspected his hair was trimmed shortly before he was deposited in the woods, possibly even after death. The boy was never identified, nor was the killer. He was a four or five year old boy found, as you may guess, in a JC Penney bassinet box in the woods, dead. The Boy in the Box’s real name is unknown. The Boy in the Box has an alternate name better alluding to the tone of his story– America’s Unknown Child. However, the truth is far more heartbreaking. ![]() The Boy in the Box– it almost sounds like a cute movie, friendly to all ages. By: Brynley Louise The Boy in the Box murder is still unsolved – and still terrifying
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