Still no answers nearly 6 weeks after 5-year-old boy found dead in suitcase in southern Indiana
It's been nearly six weeks of frustration for Indiana State Police detectives.
Despite thousands of tips from people all over the country weighing in on the case of the five-year-old boy found in a suitcase, they still have more questions than answers.
"If it's a child listed on a missing children's list anywhere in America, that's been looked into," Sgt. Carey Huls said. "They're not finding any matches there."
It's an update Huls said he wishes he wasn't giving this late into the investigation. He said he hoped to have more information by now.
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The boy's body was found in a suitcase by a mushroom hunter on April 16. The suitcase was about 80 feet into the woods, near the end of East Holder road near New Pekin.
Nearly six weeks later, there are still no answers as to how he died, who put him there or why.
"Time is something we don't want to fight too long with obviously," Huls said. "We would've liked to, and thought we would, have more answers."
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Huls said irritation is starting to settle in for his team working on the case.
The boy's autopsy results also weren't helpful in determining a cause of death.
The toxicology results aren't back yet, and there's no indication of when they will be.
"Somebody out there has first-hand knowledge," Huls said. "Not something they have looked up on the internet. We mean first-hand knowledge. Everyone wants answers. Everyone wants to bring justice and a voice to this little guy."
In an effort to help identify the boy, Indiana State Police set up a national tip line that is active. The number people can call is 1-888-437-6432.