MassDOT Unveils New Billboards Featuring Face of Child Found Dead

New digital billboards featuring the unidentified little girl whose body was found on Deer Island back in June are now on display in 50 locations across Massachusetts. MassDOT, along with the Suffolk County District Attorney, Winthrop Police, and Massachusetts State Police, unveiled the redesigned billboards as the push to identify the child continues.

The billboards represent a redesign and new wording from digital billboards that MassDOT had featured over the past two months. The redesign is intended to help maintain the case’s high public profile by presenting a fresh image to the thousands of motorists who pass the billboards each day.

A total of 84 MassDOT billboards in 50 locations across Massachusetts will feature the computer-generated composite image of the young girl and a photo of the leggings she was wearing, under the headline, “Remember Me? Then please tell the police!”

The digital boards also feature dedicated tip lines that may be reached by phone or text. The new billboards will run at least through the end of October. Tipsters are reminded not to text while driving.MassDOT Unveils New Billboards Featuring Face of Child Found Dead

Investigators continue to ask anyone who may have information about the young girl’s identity to contact us. Tipsters may text the word GIRL followed by their tip to the number 67283 (the text-a-tip line is anonymous) or call 617-396-5655. All tips go directly to investigators.

A woman walking her dog discovered the child’s remains inside a trash bag along the western shore of Deer Island on the afternoon of June 25.

The girl is believed to have been about 4 years old, had brown eyes and brown hair, weighed about 30 pounds, and stood about 3½ feet tall. She was wearing a distinctive pair of white leggings with black-and-white polka dots and was found with a zebra-print fleece blanket that investigators believe may have been special to her.

Investigators have conducted or are still conducting a range of forensic testing, including tests on pollen found on the girl’s hair and clothing, testing of oxygen ratios in isotopes in her hair and teeth, and creation of an advanced DNA profile.