On the morning of July 21st 1961, six year old Hattie Jackson and her older brother Herbert, set off with a packed lunch for Rock Creek Park. It was just a six block walk from the siblings’ home in north Washington D.C. After meeting up with Herbert’s friends the group played on the playground and then went swimming in the creek. After a little while the children split up and Hattie was left alone. Hattie was last seen on a swing; a man wearing sunglasses was standing next to her.  Hattie has been missing since that day. Foul play is suspected and there is a person of interest  in her abduction. What’s more Hattie’s case is inextricably linked to another long forgotten unsolved murder from America’s north east.

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Washington D.C Evening Star
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Philadelphia Enquirer 
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Philadelphia Daily News
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Baltimore Sun
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Pittsburgh Courier
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The Tribune 
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The Bedford Daily Times-Mail
17/05/62
The Birmingham News
13/05/62

Websites

TheCharleyProjecthttps://charleyproject.org › case › h...Hattie Yvonne Jackson

Whereabouts Still Unknownhttps://whereaboutsstillunknown.wordpress.com › ...Hattie Jackson | Whereabouts Still Unknown - WordPress.com

https://www.inquirer.com/crime/philadelphia-boy-box-girl-box-forgotten-20221209.html?outputType=amp

https://unidentified-awareness.fandom.com/wiki/Northampton_County_Jane_Doe_(1983)

WordPress.comhttps://morbidworldblog.wordpress.com › ...Philadelphia's Other Unknown Child - Morbid World

https://6abc.com/amp/philadelphia-potters-grave-dna-technology-cracking-cold-cases/3910216/

All That's Interestingallthatsinteresting.comThe Boy In The Box: The Mysterious Case That Took Over 60 Years To ..

https://doenetwork.org/cases/717ufnc.html

https://doenetwork.org/cases/1638ufpa.html

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