Recent content by KAYTOM

I hope the Anti-Predator Project makes some progress. This case has always bothered me. I have young children and it's heartbreaking to think she was probably abducted. It doesn't seem like much has ever been released in the way of the investigation progress. I hope they have more than they...

I was looking into 1950 customs surrounding illegitimate children, and I found the following: "Did you know that during the 1950s, unmarried, pregnant women mostly “went away,” often to Florence Crittenton Homes where they were required to place their children for adoption, returning to their...

Under the care of different people, or someone abusive enters the picture halfway through the poor kid's life. There was a case like that near philadelphia around 2013. Bio dad ran off and mom with an abusive boyfriend and his boyfriend.

Some of her statements have specificity that could have been gleaned from articles that go back to 1957 (man that saw woman pulled over w/ boy). She pointed Vidocq to Lower Merion as the boy's location, which is close to West Philly, but not West Philly. She could have speculated based on the...

"At the time of Zarelli's death in 1957, he was living in the area of 61st and Market streets, police said. Given the publicity that the case received at the time and ever since, police are unsure why no one from the family or Zarelli's neighborhood came forward with information. It's unclear...

yes, according to stats, philly had about 2 million people and approximately 33% were children between 0-17 or 340k, so about 20k kids per each year of age. Does sound tedious, but perhaps it's doable if they compared it to Kindergarteners in 1957.

This site is a good source of photos. You can sort by year too. = PhillyHistory - Search That site shows the intersection of Veree and Susquehanna too in 1954. This site has historical maps - PhilaGeoHistory Maps Viewer There's a lot of apartment buildings in the 61st and Market vicinity...

The one issue with the water is that they said he had a lot of clumps of hair on him when they found him. With that said, they could have put him in the tub after the poor haircut to clean him up. If it was done in anger, I could see the caretaker putting him in the tub and telling the kid to...

I too suspect the hair cut was out of anger and possibly tied to the vomiting they think happened. Maybe it was cut like that out of anger to get vomit out of his hair instead of cleaning him? or maybe the vomiting happened from crying during the hair cut? My son has sensory issues and hates...

"February 2003: The investigators reported that they have successfully tracked down and interviewed several people who used to live in the Lower Merion neighborhood where the unknown boy allegedly resided. Thus far, none of these potential witnesses have been able to confirm that a child...

Exactly. could have come from his house or maybe it was taken from curbside trash waiting to be picked up. That website has all the news archives and I didn't see any follow up to the story about the bassinet box that was published shortly after he was found - A1_bassinet

I was reading this: "A large cardboard carton, (15" x 19" x 35"), stamped "fragile". It had originally contained a baby's bassinet sold by the J.C. Penney Co. The bassinet, one of a dozen received on 11/27/56, and which retailed for $7.50, was sold between 12/03/56 and 02/16/57 by the J.C...

Here's an aerial photo of the site taken in 1959. Veree road is marked w/ the Yellow line. Pine in Red. The road between is Susquehanna Road. I believe one of the well footpaths mentioned above is in the woods that extend 10-15 feet into the field. Not sure about the intersection they mention.

I did see that quote you brought up about BL before. That and the multiple confessions JM gave do give pause. I just don't understand how JM was so off originally with the time and some of the details. I'll have to look closer at all the confessions/ statements and reports. Sometimes it seems...

2 ladies witnessed him at night leaving and entering according to a tip below. I did read somewhere that he didn't live at Lakeshore, so there is some question as to whether they even ID'd him correctly. As far as his statement is concerned he said he helped look the 5th or 6th and the police...