Babes in the Wood murders (Stanley Park)

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

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, David and Derek D’Alton,[1] also known as David and Derek Bousquet,[2] were found concealed in woodland. The Vancouver Police Department identified the brothers publicly on February 15, 2022.[3]

Discovery[]

The remains of two 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.[citation needed] A DNA test conducted in 1998 proved that both victims were male and that they were brothers; they were between the ages of six and ten when they died.

In 2018, detectives were planning on using consumer DNA databases such as Ancestry.com and 23andMe to research the identities of the victims.[4]

This investigation came to a close in 2022, when the children were identified via forensic genealogy as David (born February 27, 1940) and Derek D’Alton (born June 24, 1941),[5][6] the sons of Eileen Bousquet, who died in 1996.[7]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "For nearly 70 years, these 2 murdered boys were known as the 'Babes in the Woods.' Now they finally have names". CBC News. February 15, 2022. Retrieved February 15, 2022.
  2. ^ "It's almost 70 years since they were found buried in Stanley Park, but now the Babes in the Woods have their names back". Eve Lazarus. Retrieved 2022-02-17.
  3. ^ Kennedy, Laurel (2022-02-15). "VPD identifies child victims in historic cold case murder". Vancouver Police Department. Retrieved 2022-02-17.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Kennedy, Laurel (2022-02-15). "VPD identifies child victims in historic cold case murder". Vancouver Police Department. Retrieved 2022-02-17.
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  7. ^ Lazarus, Eve (2022-02-14). "It's almost 70 years since they were found buried in Stanley Park, but now the Babes in the Woods have their names back". Retrieved 2022-02-15.

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