steff13
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As the site was apparently a dumping ground in 1957, maybe whoever dumped the box there also dumped other rubbish there too along with the box. Also, just because the store was 17 miles from the site, doesn't mean whoever bought/received the bassinet lived 17 miles away.
But it was a cardboard box sitting outdoors in PA in winter. IMO it wasn't in the condition it would have been in if it had been left outside for very long. I think Occam's Razor applies here - he was most likely transported in the box. It's unlikely someone who is dumping the body of a child finds a random box at the dump site and decides to take the time to put the child in the box when they're out there in the open.
The Boy in the Box book (I just started it, highly recommended) says that a nun from the girls' school came over to see what was going on when the police found JAZ. So clearly the area was visible to the school. It was also an area frequented by hunters and fur trappers. IMO it would have been much less of a risk to dump what appears to be an empty box than take a body wrapped in a blanket out there and just rely on there not being anyone there to witness it.