"John Valentine" is the nickname given to a child who was found murdered in 2005.
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Case
The body of a boy, placed in a duffel bag and wrapped in a sheet, was found on Rockaway Beach in Queens, New York. His cause of death has not been specifically stated, but it is being investigated as a homicide after discovering multiple unhealed fractures to his ribs and vertebrae. His head has never been found, but authorities do not believe he was decapitated. It is likely that his head had separated due to postmortem disarticulation in water or was damaged by fish.
Investigators suspect that he may have been disposed of on a boat, or the murder may have happened overseas.
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Characteristics
- He had brown hair.
- He had previously fractured his right humerus, which was in the process of healing when he died.
Sources
- John Valentine at NamUs
- John Valentine at NCMEC
- John Valentine at the Doe Network
- NY Daily News
- Male
- Hispanic
- Decomposed
- Homicides
- Current NCMEC cases
- Race unknown
- Toddlers
- Children
- Partial remains
- No reconstruction
- People found in New York
- 2005 discoveries
- 2005 deaths
- 2000s births
- Cases over 10 years old
- Possible filicides
- Possibly foreign
- Nicknamed
- Found in bodies of water
- 1990s births
- Head missing
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