Hm, Dark Ghost, I admire your resolve.

-Wolf

thank you Wolf

If you have any ideas please share them.

Unfortunately, there is far too little information provided to even wager a guess. As there were "expensive investigators" called in to try to solve the case, and they failed, it's extremely unlikely that anyone else could solve this case.

That being said, if you are in the area, you might consider scouring any bodies of water near the park area for that bicycle. Unlikely it would be of any use now, or even recognizable, but you never know.

Visit the crime scene. Get an exact feel for what happened.

Could the boy have acquired the acid for himself, and accidentally ingested it, mistaking the HCL for H20? If that was the case, though, the bicycle would be nearby, unless he got off of it to walk in the woods.

What condition was the body when he was found? Where can the statements be found of those who found him?

We simply do not have this information, Mr. Ghost. If you truly seek to solve this, you'll call the mother.

-Wolf

Ann Walden
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Most likely match to the mother. But I would not recommend calling her, personally, unless you:

A. Know what you're doing
B. Have experience in investigation
C. Have experience in victim personal interface.

-Wolf

I was not planing on calling her

Then you must drop the case. Unless you are in the Tennessee area. Near Chattanooga, to be precise.

-Wolf

but I am in that area

Hm. Then I will think on it. There may be others to contact then the mother. Although, the mother is the best bet.

I doubt the detective handling the case will give you the time of day. Asking the boys' old neighborhood would definitely procure answers. It's likely the boy's death has become legend there.

Either way, you had better sharpen your public face.

-Wolf

Keep up the effort Dark Ghost. Your doing a great thing for the family. They probably feel like law enforcement is losing momentum on the case. It will be reassuring to them to know that people are still invested in looking seeking justice.

folks, lets not go posting phone numbers. We still have people that troll this forum for negative reasons.

how easy to get hold of hydrochloric acid?
just look into your stomach lol

muriatic acid is good for desolving rust but not organic material. i think sulfuric acid is what evil doers use to disolve bodies.

This a public forum. This section can be seen by anyone visiting the site. Has nothing to do with trusting the members. You can always pm private information to people or post in the private section.

Hydrogen peroxide would be much more effective. Whoever committed this crime applied the acid in some sort of panicked misbelief that it would get rid of the body. That and the fact that the victim was strangled suggest that this was a crime of opportunity and there was no planning whatsoever. This also means that whoever possessed a sufficient quantity of the acid was someone who would normally be expected to have it, perhaps even have it with them in their vehicle.

Really that only narrows it down to people with swimming pools. Professional pool cleaners are obviously more suspicious, especially if a lot of acid was used, but anyone with a pool could potentially have some. And I know from experience (pool cleaning experience, not body disposal experience) that many suppliers give bulk discounts on it. Also, an average sized pool needs a good amount of acid to thoroughly clean it. So even if there was a large amount of acid used, it wouldn't be unrealistic for an average pool owner to have a good quantity of the stuff. Still, any professional pool cleaners would be a good place to start.

honestly, you can find huge quantity of HCl in any school labs as well.
I don't think it's so easy to narrow down the suspects just by this single evidence.
It's just too common.

I agree with Red Arrow, plus any one can buy and store this stuff. Think about it, the person covered the body with the acid thinking that it would either destroy evidence or the body itself. Anyone who uses the stuff on a daily basis will know how it works and how long a body would need to be left in it in order to achieve the goals they were looking for.

I think whoever this was that committed the crime may have had access to large amounts of the acid, but does not work with it on a daily basis. They probably figured that it was an acid and that it would dissolve the body away or at least enough to destroy any evidence hopefully identification of the body. So your suspect in this could be a fellow student or an older teen at that time that probably got into an argument with the kid and things went to far and they used the acid hoping to get rid of the body.

I think that is where you really should be starting to look. Find out who the other kids were in the area of where this 10 year old lived and go from there. Try to question them if they are still in the area and if not, find out where they are and try to contact them. You'd be surprised sometimes what kids will do when they are scared and frightened.

Well I did not post this before but the boy's red 16 inch magnum bicycle which he was riding when he was last see alive was nerver found.