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Episode 301: In episode thirteen of Dark Poutine, we covered the\xa0Babes in the Woods\xa0case, a tragic and long-unsolved mystery from Vancouver. In 1953, the skeletal remains of two children were discovered in\xa0Stanley Park, one of Vancouver's largest urban parks. What made this case, particularly haunting was that the children were found with a hatchet that appeared to have been used to end their lives. The identities of the two children remained unknown for almost 70 years until, in 2022, using DNA genealogy, the Vancouver Police were able to identify the boys believed to have died sometime in 1947. They were\xa0seven-year-old Derek and six-year-old David D'Alton. Their mother,\xa0Eileen Bousquet, who died in 1996, told relatives at the time that social services had taken the boys as she was unable to care for them. No one knows for sure what happened leading up to their deaths, and as so much time has passed, it is doubtful we ever will. At least they have their names back.\nSources:\nStanley Park \u2014 City of Vancouver\nMurder, Mystery and Intrigue in Review: Babes in the Woods\n166: Hate Crime: The Murder of Aaron Webster \u2013 Dark Poutine \u2013 True Crime & Dark History\nSix Officers Plead Guilty To Stanley Park Beatings\n2004 BCPC 1 (CanLII) | R. v. Cronmiller | CanLII\nUnsolved Stanley Park \u2018Babes in the Woods\u2019 case still haunts a city\nInterview with Brian Honeybourn\n69UMBC \u2014 The Doe Network\n68UMBC \u2014 The Doe Network\nVPD hopes genealogical testing can help solve cold case - Vancouver Police Department\nVPD identifies child victims in historic cold case murder - Vancouver Police Department\nBabes in the Woods: Vancouver police release identities, details about historic murders - VIA\nIdentities of Stanley Park Babes in the Woods revealed almost 70 years later\nWho were the Babes in the Woods?\nEileen Bousquet Archives \u2014 evelazarus.com\nCold Case BC by Eve Lazarus\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices