A young girl whose body was found in a trash bag on a Boston Harbor beach has sparked massive online support and sympathy after the Massachusetts State Police shared a computer-generated photo of what she might have looked like alive in hopes of finally identifying the Baby Doe.
On its Facebook page, the police department wrote: "On June 25 of this year, the body of a deceased toddler-age girl was found on the western shore of Deer Island in Winthrop. State and local police and the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office continue to try to identify the girl, and are again making an appeal to the public for help. Today, we are releasing a computer-generated composite image of the girl prepared by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. This image depicts what the child may have looked like in life."
The police also released images of the black-and-white polka-dotted leggings she wore, as well as the zebra-print blanket found with the child's body. They estimated that Baby Doe was around four years old at the time of her death, had brown eyes and brown hair, weighed around 30 pounds, and stood three and a half feet tall.
Some 47 million people have already viewed the image of Baby Doe on Facebook, while thousands of people shared the young girl's computer-generated photo on their personal accounts to help identify her. The comments made on the posts all voice rage and sympathy over what happened to the girl.
"Breaks my heart so much that there are monsters out there that can hurt and kill a helpless child that can't at least try to fight back!" a concerned individual wrote.
A lot of people thought that Baby Doe might be Aaliyah Lunsford, the missing West Virginia girl, but the police have already ruled that out. "Please note that we have explored that lead and are confident that our little girl is not Aliayah," they said.
"We are extremely grateful for the many tips we have received, and we ask the public to keep sharing this little girl's photo and information so that we may continue to receive and follow up on leads," they added.
