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Re: THE BOY IN THE BOX: WM, 4-6, found in Philadelphia, PA, Feb
1957
By: Akoya Date: November 25, 2018, 11:14 am
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The old coal bins in those homes were not always visible to the
rest of the basement. The old homes had these small, enclosed
basement rooms to store coal for the old furnaces. There were
access doors or windows from the basement to the outside of the
house for coal deliveries. When the coal bins were used for
coal, they were usually closed off to prevent the coal dust from
spreading through the rest of the basement. When the old coal
furnaces were replaced, these rooms were usually just empty.
There were also drains in the floors to wash down the basement
floor.
This is an old coal bin. It's actually a small room.
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Re: THE BOY IN THE BOX: WM, 4-6, found in Philadelphia, PA, Feb
1957
By: Akoya Date: November 25, 2018, 11:17 am
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The daughter does claim to have been a victim of sexual abuse by
her parents and her mother's friends. This was one of the
reasons why it was so traumatic for her to go public with her
information. She is an extremely accomplished and successful
professional who claims to have been sexually abused by parents
who appeared to be pillars of society.
According to the daughter, the little boy's entire body was
bruised when her mother dragged him up two flights of stairs to
the bathroom on the second floor. She was angry because he had
vomited in the basement and she needed to wash him in the second
floor bathtub. He vomited again in the tub and this is when she
reportedly beat him to death on the bathroom floor. While he was
reportedly living in the coal bin, his hair was long. It was
reportedly cut in haste after he died. This information was
given as statements to the Philadelphia Police Dept. Detectives,
the Montgomery County District Attorney, and the Vidocq Society.
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Re: THE BOY IN THE BOX: WM, 4-6, found in Philadelphia, PA, Feb
1957
By: Akoya Date: November 25, 2018, 11:20 am
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Most important of all is Mary's account of the boy named
Jonathan vomiting in the bathtub not long after eating baked
beans. The autopsy report noted a pasty brown substance in the
esophagus. That fact had never been widely publicized; Kelly
wasn't sure if it was reported at all back then.
All right, that fact has been noted on the Web site dedicated to
the Boy in the Box. But the Web site wasn't established lished
until 1999, and the doctor said Mary's story has been consistent
over the years, well before the Web site was set up by the
cheerful computer geek George Knowles. To Kelly, Mary's story
has the ring of truth.
David Stout. The Boy in the Box: The Unsolved Case of America's
Unknown Child (Kindle Locations 2041-2042). Kindle Edition.
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Re: THE BOY IN THE BOX: WM, 4-6, found in Philadelphia, PA, Feb
1957
By: Akoya Date: November 25, 2018, 11:22 am
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This is a statement from the daughter to the Vidocq Society.
"The night it happened, it was late February 1957. I was
fifteen. Anyhow, my mother had made baked beans-they weren't
very good-and she took some down to Jonathan. When she came back
up, she said Jonathan was going to get a bath that night. And I
remember there was no work or school the next day.
After a while, she went down to get Jonathan. Next thing, I
heard her stomping up the stairs, cursing ing Jonathan all the
way, his feet going thump, thump on the steps as she dragged him
along. When she got him upstairs, I saw from her face that she
was really unhappy with him, for some reason.
God, his eyes looked so scared. She made him sit on the bathroom
floor as the tub was filling. Back and forth, he rocked, making
that little moaning sound. He looked so pathetic. Too old for a
diaper. All these years later ... I'm sorry. Sorry.
"Cut his fingernails," she told me. So I did. They were pretty
dirty. I tried to be gentle.
When the tub was full, she picked him up, took off his diaper,
and put it in the wastebasket. I was embarrassed to look. Then
she picked him up under his arms and lowered him into the water.
He let out a little scream. The water was too hot. He kicked and
splashed; my mother got wet.
She lifted him back out and held him up on his feet. He was
still complaining. You know, whimpering. And dripping water.
"That's enough," my mother said. "That's enough!"
Still, he kept complaining. Stomping his feet and crying. Pretty
soon he had tears and stuff from his nose running down his
front.
"I said, enough!" my mother said. Now I knew she was really
angry with him.
Back into the tub he went. He didn't scream this time. Maybe the
water was cool enough. Or maybe he was afraid.
And then he threw up. Out came this brown mess-the baked
beans-into the bathwater.
My mother let out a shriek like I'd never heard before. She
yanked him out of the tub and slapped him. I mean hard. So, of
course, he started to cry real hard.
And when he wouldn't quit, she slapped him some more. On the
face. So, of course, his crying only got worse. And that was
when my mother lost it entirely. She slapped him so hard, he
fell and hit his head on the floor with a loud sound. She kept
hitting him with both hands, on his head and around his body. My
mother's head was shaking from side to side, she was swinging so
fast. Then she wasn't slapping anymore, but punching as hard as
she could. Jonathan was just lying on the floor. He'd tried to
curl up. I don't think he was making any sounds by then.
And then my mother looked at me. "Get out!" she screamed. "Get
out!"
David Stout. The Boy in the Box: The Unsolved Case of America's
Unknown Child (Kindle Locations 1970-1972). Kindle Edition.
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Re: THE BOY IN THE BOX: WM, 4-6, found in Philadelphia, PA, Feb
1957
By: Akoya Date: November 25, 2018, 11:24 am
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It is published information that the woman was a librarian for
Lower Merion Twp. High School, a librarian for Swarthmore
College, and a well known Montgomery County employee. The father
was a Lower Merion Twp. science teacher. The daughter has
reported that she was sexually abused for years. After
retirement, the mother eventually developed dementia and the
daughter brought her from Florida to Ohio to oversee her care in
a nursing home. Where was Karma?
"No one outside our house could have imagined what went on
inside those walls. All these years later, I can hardly imagine
it. My parents ... my parents did not have normal sexual
desires. My father molested me. Oh, I know it's more common than
people used to realize, especially back then. What was different
with us is that my mother didn't just silently let it happen,
which is the usual scenario. She was enthusiastic about it. Even
joined in. The agreement was that my father let her indulge her
taste in little boys. She preferred them to adult men because
she thought them purer, somehow. I think that was it. Anyhow,
one night a little boy came into our home, into our lives."
David Stout. The Boy in the Box: The Unsolved Case of America's
Unknown Child (Kindle Locations 1910-1913). Kindle Edition.
My parents were educators. He was a high school teacher, and she
was a librarian. The students liked them very much. I bet my
parents autographed a thousand yearbooks.
David Stout. The Boy in the Box: The Unsolved Case of America's
Unknown Child (Kindle Locations 1908-1909). Kindle Edition.
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Re: THE BOY IN THE BOX: WM, 4-6, found in Philadelphia, PA, Feb
1957
By: Akoya Date: November 25, 2018, 11:27 am
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Most important of all is Mary's account of the boy named
Jonathan vomiting in the bathtub not long after eating baked
beans. The autopsy report noted a pasty brown substance in the
esophagus. That fact had never been widely publicized; Kelly
wasn't sure if it was reported at all back then.
David Stout. The Boy in the Box: The Unsolved Case of America's
Unknown Child (Kindle Locations 2041-2043). Kindle Edition.
Ah, but Mary told how Jonathan threw up the baked beans, and the
autopsy detected brown residue in the child's esophagus.
David Stout. The Boy in the Box: The Unsolved Case of America's
Unknown Child (Kindle Location 2118). Kindle Edition.
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Re: THE BOY IN THE BOX: WM, 4-6, found in Philadelphia, PA, Feb
1957
By: Akoya Date: November 25, 2018, 11:29 am
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"I'm a scientist," the woman says. "I have a doctorate in
chemistry, actually." She names her employer, one of the biggest
drug companies in the world, then gasps. "They mustn't know
about this." "There's no need for your bosses to ever know,"
Kelly says quietly. The other two cops nod.
David Stout. The Boy in the Box: The Unsolved Case of America's
Unknown Child (Kindle Locations 1904-1905). Kindle Edition.
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Re: THE BOY IN THE BOX: WM, 4-6, found in Philadelphia, PA, Feb
1957
By: Akoya Date: November 25, 2018, 11:31 am
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David Stout worked in cooperation with the Philadelphia Police
Dept. and the Vidocq Society in writing his book.
I am indebted to Elmer Palmer, who shared his recollections as
the first police officer to see the child in the Fox Chase
thicket. I am grateful to the Good Samaritan, whom I chose to
call John Valentine and who vividly recalled what he saw along
Susquehanna Road on a cold day long ago.
David Stout. The Boy in the Box: The Unsolved Case of America's
Unknown Child (Kindle Location 2428). Kindle Edition.
I never knew Remington Bristow or Sam Weinstein, but they came
alive for me through the reminiscences of their friends and, in
the case of Bristow, through his grandson, Mark Kimelheim, who
graciously shared his memories with me.
David Stout. The Boy in the Box: The Unsolved Case of America's
Unknown Child (Kindle Locations 2428-2430). Kindle Edition.
Bill Kelly, who took the dead child's footprints and never left
the case, and his fellow investigator Joe McGillen offered
invaluable assistance. They helped me re-create the story told
by "Mary," as did detective Tom Augustine. Bill Fleisher of the
Vidocq Society described the Philadelphia police headquarters
quarters of the 1950s and provided details of the latter-day
investigation of the Boy in the Box case.
David Stout. The Boy in the Box: The Unsolved Case of America's
Unknown Child (Kindle Locations 2430-2432). Kindle Edition.
#Post#: 132--------------------------------------------------
Re: THE BOY IN THE BOX: WM, 4-6, found in Philadelphia, PA, Feb
1957
By: Akoya Date: November 25, 2018, 11:32 am
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Opinions by Vidocq members and detectives for the Philadelphia
Police Force...
Bill Fleisher of the Vidocq Society is agnostic about Mary's
story. "Nothing she said has been proved; nothing she said has
been disproved," he says repeatedly.
David Stout. The Boy in the Box: The Unsolved Case of America's
Unknown Child (Kindle Location 2237). Kindle Edition.
Just another frustrating dead end. But not to Bill Kelly and Joe
McGillen. Not yet, anyhow. Mary was just too impressive in her
recollections, too impressive sive as a person, for them to
dismiss her story out of hand.
David Stout. The Boy in the Box: The Unsolved Case of America's
Unknown Child (Kindle Locations 2235-2236). Kindle Edition.
KELLY My son named his son, Jonathon, out of respect for me. And
my love for you. I hope you can ever forgive me for not getting
to the truth near well as I should have. I know: Mary claims
your name is Jonathon. But I can't confirm Mary's story yet. Out
of respect for Mary, I'll call you Jonathon. Frankly, I believe
her.
Hoffmann, Jim. The Boy in the Box: America's Unknown Child
(Revised Edition) (Kindle Locations 2397-2399). . Kindle
Edition.
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Re: THE BOY IN THE BOX: WM, 4-6, found in Philadelphia, PA, Feb
1957
By: Akoya Date: November 25, 2018, 11:34 am
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The doctor soon noted three small scars, one each on the chest,
groin, and left ankle. Dr. Spelman had seen many such marks: the
ones on chest and groin looked like surgical incisions, while
the one on the ankle was the type left by cuts to expose a vein
for a transfusion or infusion.
David Stout. The Boy in the Box: The Unsolved Case of America's
Unknown Child (Kindle Locations 260-261). Kindle Edition.
Dr. Spelman noticed that the fingernails and toenails had been
cut recently, so short and neat that the clipping had almost
surely been done by an adult.
Strange, the doctor thought. Someone seems to have cared enough
to arrange surgery for the boy, but not enough to get him
vaccinated. Cared enough to trim his nails, but not enough to
feed him very much.
David Stout. The Boy in the Box: The Unsolved Case of America's
Unknown Child (Kindle Locations 266-267). Kindle Edition.
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