‘Somebody knows something’: Police intensify their search for parents of boy, five, found dead in a suitcase in the Indiana woods as it turns out he was clean, dressed and died of dehydration was and strangers used to pay for his funeral
- The boy, believed to be five years old, has yet to be identified a month after he was found in the woods in Salem, Indiana.
- His tiny body was stuffed into a ‘Welcome to the Fabulous Las Vegas’ suitcase
- Police say he showed no signs of abuse and was clean and dressed
- An autopsy found that dehydration was the cause of his death and possibly caused by gastroenteritis.
- The community is now paying for the child’s funeral as none of his family has come forward
- The only details police have given is that he was black, thin with short hair and four feet tall.
in the police Indiana Intensifying the search for the family of a boy who was found dead in a suitcase in the woods last month, revealing that the child was clean, dressed, showed no signs of abuse and died of dehydration .
Five-year-old remains unidentified for more than a month after being found with the phrase ‘Welcome to the fabulous’ in a hard-shell case suitcase Las Vegas‘ At that in the woods near Salem, Indiana.
The only details police have given so far is that he was black and four feet tall. They don’t want to share the details of her clothing for fear that it might give wrong tips.
But now they are hunting down those responsible for his death. An autopsy revealed that the child showed no signs of physical abuse.
He was clean when found in the suitcase, but died of electrolyte deficiency caused by gastroenteritis.
A five-year-old boy stuffed inside this suitcase died of dehydration in the woods in Indiana in April, police reveal as they continue to search for his killer
The boy was found in a heavily wooded area by a mushroom hunter in Salem on April 16
It is a common disease in children and adults that causes diarrhea and vomiting, leading to severe dehydration in the case of a child.
At a news conference Friday, Indiana State Police Sgt. Carrie Hulse said: ‘Someone knows something. He didn’t put himself in that suitcase.
“Someone has direct knowledge of what happened in the situation… and we need that person to come forward,” he said.
Strangers are paying for his funeral with donations to the local sheriff’s department. He will be buried this week at a service organized by the department.
“This little boy was not respected in life and we, Washington County, want to make sure he is honored in death,” said Pastor Todd Murphy of the Washington County Sheriff’s Department.
‘It’s been incredible. He is adopted by the county. We want to make sure she is properly looked after and rested properly.”
Indiana State Police Sgt. Carrie Hulse announced at a news conference that the boy had died of dehydration
The suitcase was discovered by a mushroom hunter in the forest on 16 April.
He didn’t match any of the descriptions for the missing children.
This case is different. I mean, it’s not a case of missing children where we have a child that we know exists.
“We have a child we know nothing about and no one wants to come forward and say, “I know this kid, this is my baby” or “I know that kid,” Hulse told the news conference. How did this kid get there?”
Till now the police have received more than 500 tips but no one has been able to reach them to the people responsible for the child’s death.
There does not appear to be any surveillance camera footage from houses near the forest to suggest who may have dropped the suitcase.
The child is believed to have died a week before the bag was found.
Anyone with information is urged to contact police at 1-888-437-6432.
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