Little Miss X (1953)

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Little Miss X
Discovered	April 13, 1953
Unidentified for	71 years
Sex	Female
Location	Elbert, West Virginia
Age	Newborn
Race	Black
Body condition	Burned
Postmortem interval	Same day
Cause of death	Incineration (homicide)

For the teenager found in 1958 in Arizona, see Little Miss X (1958)

"Little Miss X" is the nickname a female infant who was found in a trash dump in Elbert, West Virginia on April 13, 1953. Her cause of death was homicide through third-degree burns.

She was buried at the Iaeger Memorial Cemetery in Roderfield, West Virginia on April 19, 1953. Few details are available in her case.

Sources

• Little Miss X at Find a Grave
• Index Register of Deaths-McDowell County, West Virginia
• West Virginia Vital Research Records