The Boy In The Box
May God rest his soul.
He deserves to be unidentified no more.
Old article on the case:
COLD CASE RIDDLE Five chilling theories that may solve ‘Boy in the Box’ mystery after child’s body was found beaten & dumped on roadside
The child aged between three and seven was malnourished dirty with matted hair and covered in scars.
Post-mortem probes found the boy was underweight, whilst his skin was covered in scars - including surgical cuts - and fresh bruises.
His hair has also been cut in what police believe was an attempt to conceal his identity and his fingernails were neatly trimmed.
The boy is believed to have been beaten to death.
SUSPECT 'M'
A shocking confession blew the case wide open in 2002 by a person who the police identified only as M.
The woman, who had a history of mental illness, claimed that her abusive mum had “purchased” the young boy from another family.
In her extensive police interview, the witness also claimed that the boy was sexually and physically abused for two and a half years before he was killed.
Disturbingly, she insisted that her parents had punished the boy after he vomited in the bathtub, and he passed away after being slammed onto the floor.
A factor that gives her story some credibility is that a witness spotted them moving a box from the trunk of their car.
The women ignored the man’s offer to help them carry their box, so could this have been the body of the unidentified child?
When officers followed up the lead, M’s extended family denied ever seeing a young boy in the household.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/19349035/five-chilling-theories-solve-boy-box-mystery/
After what anons have learned about [them], this theory doesn't seem so far-fetched.