Identified! PA - Philadelphia, 'Boy in the Box', WhtMale 4-6, 4UMPA, Feb'57

[carbuff]

It would be another direction to investigate, at least.

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[NadirCake]

Unfortunately, it might not solve the case, though. If his relatives haven't put their DNA on any of those sites, or, if they have, and there's a match, the living relatives may have no idea who he is. This was the case of Miss X, who was found to have relatives in NC and VA, but the people they contacted there had no idea who she was. It's possible she was adopted and the family didn't know about it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_X_(decedent)
I would still like to see this done, I definitely think it's worth doing, but, it may not have the expected results.

How frustrating for investigators to know the relatives of Miss X, but the relatives not to know who she is!

Is there a forensic genealogist in the house?

 

[Ms Suzanne]

I TOTALLY believe in these geneology websites to help Identify unidentified persons.I KNOW it will. Ancestry DNA found out who my real birth father was when no one could or would tell me who he was.All the way to a family surname.This is Very good for this Jane Doe.I feel it will tell who the Boy in the box is too.I pray they will do this testing for the boy in the box too.

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/08/jane-doe-murder-ancestry/536916/?utm_source=fbb

 

[Ms Suzanne]

I pray they do this type of testing to find out who he is and find relatives of his.Quote from the article-[FONT=&amp]Since the Snohomish County sheriff’s office couldn’t find a match for Jane Doe’s DNA in federal databases, investigators wondered if they could find a family member’s DNA in online ones. But they needed help. So Scharf reached out to Colleen Fitzpatrick, a forensic genealogist based in California. She runs [/FONT]Identifinders[FONT=&amp], a service that uses DNA samples to help clients locate people. That can include adoptive children looking for their birth parents, or police with a DNA sample from a crime but no hits in CODIS, an FBI database that stands for Combined DNA Index System. Using methods the company calls proprietary, Fitzpatrick compares an unidentified DNA sample with records across public genealogy websites.[/FONT]

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[FONT=&amp]To replicate the process with Jane Doe, investigators are trying to glean more DNA from her remains by recreating her entire genome—“every little bit of DNA from beginning to end,” Fitzpatrick says.[/FONT]

I TOTALLY believe in these geneology websites to help Identify unidentified persons.I KNOW it will. Ancestry DNA found out who my real birth father was when no one could or would tell me who he was.All the way to a family surname.This is Very good for this Jane Doe.I feel it will tell who the Boy in the box is too.I pray they will do this testing for the boy in the box too.

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/08/jane-doe-murder-ancestry/536916/?utm_source=fbb

 

[Ms Suzanne]

If the boy in the box only has mtDNA they can still find out a realive through the Family Finder DNA test for a relative of his and surnames.That's how I found out who my real birth father was.Through a first cousin match.But it all lead back to a great grandfather I believe of mine on my father side through a surname.

 

[Ms Suzanne]

I think this Unidentified man found April 1957 can be related to the boy in the box some how.His father? a relative? I please need all help to push that to see if they will check if they are related by DNA.

I made a Face book page for the unidentified John Doe man found April 8th 1957 in Delaware River near Fort Mifflin .Please like and share his page.I'd like to see if he is related or connected to the boy in the box.It was 2 months apart in the same county and same medical examiners office? I honestly think this is just too close not to check.My heart went out to this man.He really did not get much attention.Maybe we can help to Identify him too.

https://www.facebook.com/Unidentifi...n-Philadelphia-116167622298207/?ref=bookmarks


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[Ms Suzanne]

I pray they can Identify him soon one day.Very sad.

 

[Ms Suzanne]

If I may please put this here again for him.The board I made for him has been been migrated to tapatalk groups.I am so honored to have this for him.

https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/theboyinthebox/

 

[Ms Suzanne]

I pray they Identify him soon one day.

 

[Sweetluv]

I believe he is from an orphanage. A caregiver wasn't so caring and he died as a result. Someone somewhere knows his identity. I hope someone has the compassion to come forward.

 

[Ms Suzanne]

I believe he was from an orphanage or foster home also.

I believe he is from an orphanage. A caregiver wasn't so caring and he died as a result. Someone somewhere knows his identity. I hope someone has the compassion to come forward.

 

[Ms Suzanne]

Has there been any updates on this article written.I feel very sad for him. http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/real-time/the-boy-in-the-box-1957-DNA-philadelphia.html

 

[Alleykins]

Has there been any updates on this article written.I feel very sad for him. http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/real-time/the-boy-in-the-box-1957-DNA-philadelphia.html

I haven't seen anything, but the person who wrote this article lists his email, you certainly could contact him and ask, he may know. Just a suggestion.

 

[Ms Suzanne]

I did.I haven't heard back anything.I tried to write a few people to see if they heard anything too.No one has heard anything.I pray there is an update soon.It's been way too long for this little boy.It makes me sad for him.

I haven't seen anything, but the person who wrote this article lists his email, you certainly could contact him and ask, he may know. Just a suggestion.

 

[Alleykins]

Thanks for all you do, Ms. Suzanne!

 

[Triss]

Bumping for this boy.
I hope you get your name back soon, little angel.

 

[LadyL]

I agree. My family just discovered my dad's biological maternal side, all the way back to the 1700's. Still hoping for a match on paternal side.

I TOTALLY believe in these geneology websites to help Identify unidentified persons.I KNOW it will. Ancestry DNA found out who my real birth father was when no one could or would tell me who he was.All the way to a family surname.This is Very good for this Jane Doe.I feel it will tell who the Boy in the box is too.I pray they will do this testing for the boy in the box too.

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/08/jane-doe-murder-ancestry/536916/?utm_source=fbb

 

[strawberry]

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[dotr]

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Thanks for the update!
http://6abc.com/historic-marker-placed-for-boy-found-in-box-6-decades-ago/2634177/
November 11, 2017

Kerschbaum hopes the marker will somehow bring new leads in the 60-year-old case.

"In the small small possibility someone could be walking by and maybe in the back of their mind go I remember something," he said.

Funds for the marker were made by the Vidocq Society.

They are a group of forensic experts who try to piece together cold cases, just like the one here.

Their founder is Bill Fleisher. He thinks this case could make major progress in the near future through DNA.

"We've been comparing against many suspected relatives," Fleisher said.

He vows his group will never stop working on trying to find out who could commit such a disturbing crime.

"In my view he wasn't beaten to death. I think he was abused and neglected to the point his little flame went out," Fleisher said.

rbbm.

 

[Sailor Haumea]

I've always believed Martha (previously known as "M", but an article recently disclosed her first name)'s story. She has a PhD and formerly worked in the pharmaceutical industry. She knew things that couldn't possibly have been known to the general public at the time.