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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, 11:50 am
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"No further progress has been made during the past year," the
society says. "However, the investigators have begun a new
initiative. They are trying to determine if the DNA profile of
America's Unknown Child matches any of the DNA profiles in a
national mitochondrial DNA database."
David Stout. The Boy in the Box: The Unsolved Case of America's
Unknown Child (Kindle Locations 2249-2250). 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, 11:52 am
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There isn't any callous development on the boy's feet, so it
appears that he didn't have the ability to walk. It doesn't look
like the skin on his feet ever had the skin exposed to friction
for callouses to form.
HTML http://i.imgur.com/aXpbkz3.jpg
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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, 11:53 am
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The problem with deterioration of the child's remains seems to
be the result of the time when he was originally buried in
Potter's Field in NE Philadelphia. After Mitochondrial DNA was
located in a tooth, the remains were reburied in the Ivy Hill
Cemetery, in a a really nice location.
It is hardly a surprise that the coffin has not entirely
withstood stood the forces of time and the elements, not after
lying in Potter's Field rather than in a sturdy vault in a
regular cemetery. etery. As the coffin rests on a worktable in
the medical examiner's office, no one has to say that this is no
place for the squeamish. As he watches the lid being pried off,
Bill Kelly cannot help but think, Rem Bristow should be here.
The child is not ashes, not dust. He is simply an assortment of
bones. The suit he was buried in has gone to rags. It was the
gift of a detective way back then, a suit the detective's own
boy had outgrown.
David Stout. The Boy in the Box: The Unsolved Case of America's
Unknown Child (Kindle Locations 1781-1784). 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, 11:54 am
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My concern is not that the boy didn't have a birth certificate
or a record of his birth. I am more concerned that someone did
surgery on him and there are no records of the procedures. He
was a little boy who could have had developmental disabilities
from utero. Cerebral Palsy, though, is caused by too little or
too much oxygen at birth or with anesthesia. Some medical hack
could have fried his little brain and caused even more problems.
He was subjected to the worst of society from birth until his
death.
Which they surely did, he found as he examined the little body
in detail. 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 Location 259). 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, 11:56 am
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No, she acknowledges, she has no hard evidence. But she recalls
that her uncle was especially attentive and affectionate toward
the child whenever he visited the home of Mary's parents. Alas,
the uncle was on Mary's father's side of the family, so the
unknown child's mitochondrial DNA would be useless in trying to
establish a relationship-if the uncle could be tracked down,
that is.
David Stout. The Boy in the Box: The Unsolved Case of America's
Unknown Child (Kindle Locations 2207-2209). 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, 11:59 am
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HTML http://www.cerebralpalsy.org/about-cerebral-palsy/definition
Current research suggests the majority of Cerebral Palsy cases
result from abnormal brain development or brain injury prior to
birth or during labor and delivery. Accidents, abuse, medical
malpractice, negligence, infections, and injury are some known
risk factors that may lead to Cerebral Palsy.
HTML http://www.birthinjuryguide.org/birth-injury/causes/anoxia-hypoxia/
Birth injuries are not something to take lightly. Sometimes a
birth injury is so severe that a child can become permanently
affected, either with cerebral palsy, with paralysis, or with a
birth injury. Sometimes a birth injury is severe enough to
shorten a child’s lifespan, and if the injury is too severe, a
child may not live past a few days. So how do these birth
injuries happen to children? One such birth injury is related to
a condition called anoxia and hypoxia –something that could be
one of the most dangerous and life affecting of the birth
injuries.
Anoxia is known as the absence of oxygen.
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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, 12:01 pm
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A view of Susquehanna Road looking east from a point
approximately 35 yards west of the entrance to the Good Shepherd
School.
HTML http://www.americasunknownchild.net/Roadview.jpg
HTML http://www.americasunknownchild.net/Boxview.jpg
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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, 12:04 pm
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The Saturday Evening Post
The boy's original tombstone. The body was re-interred at
Philadelphia's Ivy Hill Cemetary in 1998.
HTML http://i.imgur.com/MHRq4Ml.jpg
NBC10.com
Current headstone
HTML https://i.imgur.com/nR5m4Oy.jpg
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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, 12:06 pm
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The boy in the box was buried twice. The first was on July 24,
1957, in Philadelphia. All of the people who attended were the
investigators of the case.
HTML https://i.imgur.com/ynojF4r.jpg
HTML https://i.imgur.com/oEtwSd3.jpg
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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, 12:08 pm
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HTML http://i.imgur.com/DtnmUpr.jpg
The circular bruises on the boy's forehead are from the tips of
adult fingers.
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