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I pray that one day it will be known who this little girl really was.
Philadelphia Jane Doe (1962)
Philadelphia Jane Doe (1962)
PA PA - Philadelphia, BlkFem 4-6, UP16611, Amputated Finger, Wht apron, in milk crate, May'62
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Today marks the 60th anniversary of the discovery of the Philadelphia Jane Doe, this sweet little girl will never be forgotten.
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FWIW, the paper found with this little one was identified as the March 11, 1962 edition of the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin. Thus likely ruling out Hattie who disappeared in 1961.
No paywall on this article (yet), so I was able to read it with no problem. It's really a rehash of already-known details of her case and there are a couple of inaccuracies but they are minor and at least she is getting some much needed, much deserved media attention.
The Girl in the Box had no advocate to keep her memory alive. But her story was no less tragic.
The medical examiner determined she was a young Black girl, around four to six years old. She was 40 inches tall and weighed about 45 pounds. Her naked body had been stuffed in the crate and set adrift between five days and two months before she was found....
www.inquirer.com
The Girl in the Box had no advocate to keep her memory alive. But her story was no less tragic.
The medical examiner determined she was a young Black girl, around four to six years old. She was 40 inches tall and weighed about 45 pounds. Her naked body had been stuffed in the crate and set adrift between five days and two months before she was found....
Philly’s Girl in the Box remains an overlooked mystery
Philadelphia law enforcement kept the Boy in the Box’s memory alive. The Girl in the Box faded into obscurity.
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How heartbreaking that they went to exhume her and gather DNA, only to find her coffin empty! There are now more questions about her than ever before.
There was no coffin. The plot was empty. I firmly believe that she was either buried with the other children who were interred the same day she was, or she was put in with an adult.
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Neither this little girl nor the Wister Woods girl were located during the exhumations. When they opened the graves where they should have been, they were empty. I got this from LE who was there. Black female (Wister Woods girl), age 4-6, 11/25/1984 The National Missing and Unidentified...
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Oh, I see. I was looking at another article from the Inquirer and they were talking about a different coffin that they opened and was empty, and I missed that it was about two separate children.There was no coffin. The plot was empty. I firmly believe that she was either buried with the other children who were interred the same day she was, or she was put in with an adult.
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Neither this little girl nor the Wister Woods girl were located during the exhumations. When they opened the graves where they should have been, they were empty. I got this from LE who was there. Black female (Wister Woods girl), age 4-6, 11/25/1984 The National Missing and Unidentified...
Either way, still awful that her body isn't where they thought it was!
I wonder if she ever was buried. Her remains could be sitting in a box on a shelf in a coroner's office or a funeral home.
Doesn’t the article state she was buried?
“Eventually, she was placed in a cheap fiberboard coffin and buried in the city’s last potter’s field. Both she and the Boy in the Box were laid to rest there.”
www.inquirer.com
“Eventually, she was placed in a cheap fiberboard coffin and buried in the city’s last potter’s field. Both she and the Boy in the Box were laid to rest there.”
Philly’s Girl in the Box remains an overlooked mystery
Philadelphia law enforcement kept the Boy in the Box’s memory alive. The Girl in the Box faded into obscurity.
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I was also wondering if possibly due to some carelessness or a mistake, she ended up never being buried at all. To get a chance to finally possibly be identified and then unable to even find her …lost TWICE…this case really got to me. Poor little Angel
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I only found about 3 little blurbs in the paper about her. I downloaded then from my newspaper archives account. Can I just post them on this thread since it has the publisher information and dates on it or would this be a copyright violation? I have so many old articles pertaining to these very old cases I could share. Many of the cases have a post on websleuths. But I’m never quite sure I understand the copyright rules correctly.
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You can hit the 'report' link on your post and politely ask a mod in the little box that pops up, they'll be able to tell you for certain.
Last I heard, there are no plans at this time to specifically go looking for either the Girl in the Box or Wister Woods Girl.
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The Philadelphia Police Homicide Unit as well as local, state, university and federal collaborators -- including the FBI -- partnered up to create the Remains Identification Project (RIP) to exhume and identify victims who died tragically
Tuesday afternoon, officials exhumed remains at Potter’s Field on 12841 Dunks Ferry Road in Philadelphia.
Police said they are currently working to collect the unidentified bodies of eight homicide victims from the field, including a child between the ages of 4 and 6 who died in 1962.
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I wouldnt be shocked if WWG is one of the other 7 being exhumed
NamUs UP 17492
https://identifyus.org/en/cases/17492
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Unidentified Body/Remains (Black Female)
Found November 25, 1984 in Philadelphia County, PA
Body Condition...
https://identifyus.org/en/cases/17492
Unidentified Body/Remains (Black Female)
Found November 25, 1984 in Philadelphia County, PA
Body Condition...
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