Tot Boy Found Dead in "Fabulous Vegas" Suitcase: WHO IS HE?
Crime Stories with Nancy Grace
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🗓️ 31 May 2022
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Investigators say the little boy found inside a suitcase in rural Indiana died from an electrolyte imbalance. The medical examiner says that the imbalance was most likely due to a “viral gastroenteritis” caused by excessive vomiting or diarrhea. State police are still working to identify the boy, believed to be about 5-year-old.
Toxicology tests came back negative and the boy had no severe injuries. Police do not believe the boy was alive when he was placed inside the suitcase. A mushroom hunter found the hardshell suitcase, which features the famous “Welcome to Las Vegas” sign. The little boy is described as just under 4 feet tall and about 40 pounds, with a slim build and a short haircut. Indiana State Police have set up a national tip line at (888) 437-6432.
Joining Nancy Grace today:
- Kathryn Marsh - Special Victims Liaison for the State’s Attorney's Office (Charles County, MD), Co-Founder: Right Response Consulting, "No Grey Zone" Podcast", RightResponseConsulting.com, Instagram/Twitter: @nogreyzoneRRC
- Dr. Alan Blotcky PhD - Clinical and Forensic Psychologist (Birmingham, AL) specializing in Criminal, Child Custody and Abuse, Clinical Associate Professor at University of Alabama at Birmingham
- Karen L. Smith - Forensic Expert (Los Angeles, CA), Lecturer at the University of Florida, Host of Shattered Souls Podcast, @KarensForensic, barebonesforensic.com
- Dr. Michelle DuPre - Former Forensic Pathologist, Medical Examiner and Detective: Lexington County Sheriff's Department, Author: "Homicide Investigation Field Guide" & "Investigating Child Abuse Field Guide", Forensic Consultant, DMichelleDupreMD.com
- Max Lewis - Reporter, FOX59 (Indianapolis), Twitter/Instagram: @MaxLewisTV, Facebook.com/MaxLewisTV
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| 0:00.0 | Cribe stories with Nancy Grace |
| 0:13.6 | Imagine walking through beautiful cops of dense woods, enjoying your morning. When suddenly |
| 0:21.8 | you see a welcome to the fabulous Las Vegas suitcase and of course curiosity gets better. |
| 0:30.4 | You open it up and you don't find a lot of casino chips. You don't find a lot of money |
| 0:37.7 | inside. You find a dead boy. That is exactly what happened. The body of a five year old |
| 0:44.7 | little boy found in a welcome to Vegas suitcase. But now, who is he? And how did he get there? |
| 0:51.7 | I'm Nancy Grace. This is Cribe Stories. Thank you for being with us here at Fox Nation |
| 0:58.7 | and Series XM111. First of all, take a listen to our friends at WHAS. |
| 1:04.7 | Shocking story that's been developing since the weekend. New evidence released by Indiana |
| 1:09.7 | State Police moments ago in the discovery of a little boy's body in the woods in southern |
| 1:16.7 | Indiana. The chilling reality that he may have been dumped there from somewhere else. This |
| 1:21.7 | photo of a suitcase. Indiana State Police tell us the body of the little boy was found inside |
| 1:26.7 | this suitcase. And for the first time they have given a specific location. The 7,000 block |
| 1:31.7 | of East Holbert Road in Washington County, Indiana, the wooded area there, that southeast |
| 1:35.7 | of Salem. Now, the discovery was made by a person hunting for mushrooms over the weekend. |
| 1:40.7 | Also new today. An autopsy was performed. Police have not released any results, nor they have |
| 1:46.7 | released no possible cause of death. And they still do not know his identity. We do know |
| 1:50.7 | that police say the boy is only five to eight years old. They add that he could have been |
| 1:54.7 | from anywhere, not just southern Indiana. Investigators say they have been searching the wooded |
| 1:58.7 | area where the boy was found. But the information has not led them to any answers. |
| 2:03.7 | Again, a five year old little boy stuffed into a suitcase. And the only clue we have so far |
| 2:10.7 | is a sticker of sorts on the suitcase. It says, welcome to the fabulous Las Vegas with the |
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