Babes in the Wood murders (Stanley Park)

The Babes in the Wood murders is a name which has been used in the media to refer to a child murder case in which the bodies of two brothers were found concealed in woodland.

Facial reconstructions of both boys.
Not to be confused with Babes in the Wood murders (Pine Grove Furnace).

Discovery

The remains of two unidentified male victims (murdered about 1947) were discovered in Stanley Park, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada on Wednesday, January 14, 1953. Police determined that a hatchet found at the crime scene, which was of a type commonly used by shingle weavers and lathers, had been used to kill the boys by striking them in the head. Their corpses had been arranged so that they were lying down in a straight line, with each boy's soles facing the other's, and then concealed with a woman's rain cape. The investigation was hampered when the medical examiner concluded that one victim was female. A DNA test conducted in 1998 proved that both victims were brothers; they were between the ages of six and ten when they died. Currently, neither of the victims nor any potential suspects have been identified, and this case remains unsolved.[1][2]

In 2018, detectives were planning on using consumer DNA databases such as Ancestry and 23andMe to research the identities of the victims.[3]

See also

References
  1. Ian Bailey (December 30, 2013). "Unsolved Stanley Park 'Babes in the Woods' case still haunts a city". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
  2. Schaefer, Glen. "New clues may revive 60-year-old ‘Babes in the Woods’ case". www.theprovince.com. Retrieved 2019-07-13.
  3. Regan, Alan (2018-10-30). "How DNA techniques could identify the young victims in Vancouver's longest-running cold case - BC". Globalnews.ca. Retrieved 2019-07-13.


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