DNA breakthrough IDs boy found dead 53 years ago in Lorton, turns up more unanswered questions

WTOP-News ^ | August 04, 2025 | Thomas Robertson

[FamiliarFace]

Agree.

[Pontiac]

“We ask the public’s help in filling in the missing information,” Wright said. “Perhaps somebody witnessed something along that route that day, or maybe Vera or James confided in someone before they had died. Maybe another jurisdiction had recovered a 6-month-old baby’s remains, and didn’t have any way to tie it to this case.”

They ask for help from the public but provide no pictures of he murderous couple.

If anyone noticed this couple on their trip the would likely be in their late 60s to 90s now.

These people would not likely know the names of the people that brought themselves to be noticed probably by fighting (or getting beaten).

These kind of people get remembered by face not name.

Pictures would help.

Really the police give very little data on the couple, no info on where they lived or where they died.

We know when Vera died (1980) but not when Hedgepeth died.

Not much to go on.

[texas booster]

I read several stories about this case, and all were nearly identical.

No information on James Hedgepeth except he is also deceased.

[Responsibility2nd]

Even back then.... Mommy’s new boyfriend is the greatest danger a child will ever face.

[Pontiac]

I can find no obituary info for either.

This is surprising.

Even for 1980.

It would be much easier if I knew where they had died.

[Vermont Lt]

In the animal kingdom, some males will kill the offspring of other males to ensure the genetic line.

I guess some people act like animals.

It’s too bad the parents are dead. They should be around to be punished for what they did. They were monsters.

[NorthMountain]

Pure evil. They murdered the children, and they never had to answer for their crime.

Happens every day, hundreds of times a day, in Planned "Parenthood" and similar abortuaries. Killing an unborn child is at least as horrible as killing a four-year-old ...

But in many States, it's a sacred legally protected "right".

[If You Want It Fixed - Fix It]

This is why we rely on the God of Justice and Mercy.

He knows the truth and will deal accordingly, with each of us.

[Ban Draoi Marbh Draoi]

Indeed He has — and they are not pleasant for those harm, corrupt, or murder children.

Something about millstones and eternal wrath....

[Ban Draoi Marbh Draoi]

Indeed He has — and they are not pleasant for those who harm, corrupt, or murder children.

Something about millstones and eternal wrath....