Beat Check with The Oregonian

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Beat Check with The Oregonian

Episodes (360)

Sep 8, 2025 (2023 Replay) The Unidentifieds Episode 2: The unknown baby boy and the reservoir
Sep 1, 2025 (2023 Replay) The Unidentifieds Episode 1: Remains found along the Redwood Highway
Aug 25, 2025 (2024 Replay) The backstory to the mystery of ‘Cosmo the talking crow’

Beat Check with The Oregonian

Sep 8, 2025
27½ minutes
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On the morning of July 11, 1963, a fisherman made a horrifying discovery: He stumbled across the concealed remains of a 2-year-old boy. The tiny body was wrapped in blankets, tied with wire and held down by iron weights in the Keene Creek Reservoir along Oregon 66 east of Ashland, Oregon. Officials moved the body to a cemetery where his tombstone read, “Unknown Baby Boy 1961-1963.″ The investigation was given case number 63-2301. For more than 50 years, it wouldn’t get much further than that. By 2020, the case was the oldest known unidentified human remains case in the state...

Beat Check with The Oregonian

(2023 Replay) The Unidentifieds Episode 2: The unknown baby boy and the reservoir

The Oregonian/OregonLive

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