America’s Unknown Child, an alias for a little boy unknown to the world, was a tragic enigma. His seemingly forgotten and abandoned life was cut short by an unexplainable, unsolved death in the days leading up to February 25th, 1957 leaving all who followed the John Doe case both locally and across the United States grasping for answers in a sea of evidence that drowned us all in doubt…

As a hope to provide more substantial reasoning built upon observable evidence and situational analysis, this is an examination of the unidentified legacy of the Boy in the Box, and the unexplainable backstory to his life before he was discovered in the woods off Susquehanna Road in Fox Chase, Philadelphia…

This is Cold Case Detective.

Boy in the Box Case File Photographs:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1k_jQNnegmLQZl7l0lMxnf4reeLKeAqt0?usp=sharing

Additional Reading:

[Wiki]

[General Reddit Thread]

[AUC Official Website]

[Case Summary]

Researched and written by TJ Ruesch
Episode narrated by William Earl
Music by CO.AG

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