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Thank you for clarifying. I understand. I was imagining 20 cubic inches, which was pretty horrifying in itself. You don't need to explain more, I can imagine far enough along the logic to have my own nightmares. Yes, monster indeed.
For what it's worth, I was still going under the assumption that the 3' was an estimate made by someone who arrived at the scene, before the body was examined. I have never heard LE say that the body was 3', and if you have any links to that, could you post them?
Some relevant links:
Houston police investigator Leslie Martinez says a passer-by discovered the body Tuesday morning along a roadway between two large buildings near the Hardy Toll Road.
Martinez said the body was about 3 feet tall.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/7356466.html
Houston police said they got a call about a burned body in the 8900 block of East Hardy Road about 9:30 a.m.
Detectives said the body was that of a small child, about 3 feet tall.
http://www.ksat.com/news/26303694/detail.html
"Somebody saw what they believed to be burned debris," Lt. Leslie Martinez said. "Upon further inspection, they thought it might be a body."
Detectives said it turned out to be the body of a small child, about 3 feet tall.
Investigators said the body was so badly burned that they cannot determine if it was a boy or a girl. There were no clothes on the body, and they may have also been burned, officials said.
http://www.click2houston.com/news/26299702/detail.html
Officials say the body was so badly burned they can’t determine the child’s gender.
HPD spokesman Kese Smith today said police cannot say if the two cases are connected until the medical examiner’s office identifies the body.
http://webcache.googleusercontent.c...e+the+child's+gender&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us
Officials say they couldn't immediately determine the child's age or gender
http://webcache.googleusercontent.c...+say+the+body+3+feet&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us
His body was so badly burned that he had to be identified using his dental records.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/mona-nelson-accused-burning-jonathan-foster-shes-monster/story?id=12514556
They also found in a trash can "very strong evidence that something had taken place," detective Mike Miller said.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/7360719.html
(I've included other links, besides LE saying the 3 feet, that are relevant to the issue for those who wish to research further.)