MA State Police Utilizing Billboards in Identifying Deer Island Girl
Tuesday, July 21, 2015
The Massachusetts State Police and the Suffolk County District Attorney's office have begun utlizing digital billboards seeking assistance identifying the unknown toddler whose body was found on Deer Island in June.
Thanks to MassDOT, the State Police have access to 84 billboards in 50 locations across the state. The billboards will feature dedicated tip lines that may be reached by phone or text message along with a computer-generated composite image created by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
Anyone with information on the girl’s identity may text the word GIRL followed by their tip to the number 67283. The text-a-tip line is completely anonymous and does not provide authorities with any information about the tipster. A phone line is also available at 617-396-5655. All tips will go directly to the Suffolk County State Police Detective Unit, which is investigating the little girl’s death.
As GoLocalWorcester reported earlier this month, the child's body was found in a trash bag by a woman walking her dog along the western shore of Deer Island on the afternoon of June 25. The girl is believed to have been about 4 years old, had brown eyes and brown hair, weighed about 30 pounds, and stood about 3½ feet tall. She was wearing a distinctive pair of white leggings with black-and-white polka dots and was found with a zebra-print fleece blanket that investigators believe may have been special to her.
In the days and weeks that followed, investigators have acted on hundreds of leads and coordinated dozens of well-being checks on children locally, nationally, and internationally. To date, however, none have led to the child’s identification.
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