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However, hope still remains as Court TV, 48 Hours and America’s Most Wanted have featured this case on recent episodes. Perhaps the lead everyone has been waiting for will present itself.
Theories
Foster Family Home
- Frederick Benosis who was spying on young wayward girls was initially thought of as a suspect, but he was questioned and cleared via a lie detector test.
- A foster home located about 1.5 miles from the crime scene was the first location police officers wanted to check. There were 8 foster children residing there at the time. All the children located at the foster home were checked out and the family was ruled out. Speculation still exists that Arthur Nicoletti, who ran this foster home, is somehow involved. He refused to take a lie detector test and a psychic hired to assist in this investigation led investigators directly to the foster home (without ever visiting the area first).
- The strongest lead occurred in May 2002, when a business woman (known as “M”) from Cincinnati, OH, claimed her mother purchased the boy from his parents in 1954. They named the boy Jonathan. He was regularly abused and housed in the basement. He was described as being handicapped and could not speak. “M” claimed her mother killed him in February, 1957 in a fit of rage by throwing him down on the floor after he vomited in the bathtub after eating baked beans. Investigators thought this was the lead they were looking for to finally solve the case. However, after six months of attempting to corroborate her story, it was determined that “M” had a history of mental problems and none of the information she passed could be proven.
References:
The Boy in the Box Mystery (Official Site)
Boy Missing – Philadelphia City Paper
Boy in the Box (Philadelphia)
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i have read like 200 things about him and i want to make a club to help. but im only 12. so i need alot of people to make a difference. i hope we find out who he is at least.
dude this is sad, but it has to be the father or someone in the foster home, ive recently read that someone who was at that home during that time said there were alot of videos tooken, hopefuly they will find them and this case will be solved. when i get older im gonna try to solve this case.
this is sad i no one came forward and said anything who he was or nothing R.I.P buddy you will always be in my heart