The Boy in the Box is perhaps America's most famous unsolved crime mystery. The 26-year-old LaSalle college student who found the poor soul's body had lived here at the time of discovery. The college student was checking his animal traps on Susquehanna Road in the Fox Chase section of Philly when he found the box that contained the boy's body. The discover's name was Frederick Benonis. His address (2013 E. Lansing St.) can be found in the Philadelphia Inquirer, Feb. 27, 1957, at p. 3, see https://www.newspapers.com/image/176083075/. For more information on this tragic case, just Google boy in the box with or without Philadelphia.
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Private Residence , 2013 East Lansing St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19152, United States
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Crimes & Criminals (real and alleged), Disasters, Tragedies, Accidents, Homes, Lives or Lived Here, News
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