Nearly 70 years after the skeletal remains of two murdered boys were discovered in Vancouver’s Stanley Park, the young victims have finally been identified thanks to DNA technology.
The infamous “Babes in the Woods” homicides have perplexed police since the victims were found bludgeoned to death by a hatchet in 1953. The killer has never been found and, until now, the victims’ identities have been unknown.
But on Tuesday, Vancouver police revealed that the boys are believed to be six-year-old David and seven-year-old Derek D’Alton.
“These murders have haunted generations of homicide investigators, and we are relieved to now give these children a name and
