Chicago police release sketch of dismembered toddler

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Police Department has released a sketch of a toddler whose dismembered remains were found in a park lagoon.

Detectives are hoping someone will recognize the child based on the drawing and help police identify him or her.

The child's remains were discovered over the weekend in the Garfield Park lagoon after someone reported seeing a foot floating in the water.

With help from the medical examiner, police have so far only been able to offer a vague description, saying the child appears to have been African-American and roughly 2 to 3 years of age.

FULL story no sketch at link.


Chicago Police Marine Unit divers search a lagoon at Garfield Park, Sunday, Sept. 6, 2015, in Chicago, after a toddler's decomposed feet and hand were found on Saturday. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)

Read more: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/699b18b136aa4366810b7a5eb26cc079/chicago-police-release-sketch-dismembered-toddler

[NorthCarolina]

1. This is extremely disturbing.

[closeupready]

3. +1. Hard to even think about what happened, who would have done this.

[Contrary1]

2. Here's a sketch of the little boy:

Edit to add some details: "It's also possible that the child was as young as eight months old and as old as four years old. The child could also be mixed race. The hair was short, curly and black in color; the eyes were brown; and the earlobes were not pierced, suggesting the child may be male (but female gender cannot be ruled out at present)."

[Sunlei]

5. The child has to be older then 8 months with all those baby teeth in?

[Sunlei]

4. What about medical records for that area? Almost everyone has access to childrens vaccinations.

Can they flag all the 2 and 3 year olds who did not show-up for regular vaccination boosters?

[Skittles]

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