--- description: The Massachusetts State Police released computer-generated image of what the deceased child may have looked like alive title: Millions Online Seek Answers in Case of 'Baby Doe' Found in Boston image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdbf1ad0ba4a79e1a/69885a4ae53ababef54de8a0/missing-girl-massachusetts.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Millions Online Seek Answers in Case of Baby Found in Boston Harbor by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 9, 2015 6:40 PM CUT  This flyer released on July 2, 2015, includes a computer-generated composite image depicting the possible likeness of a young girl, whose body was found on the shore of Deer Island in Boston Harbor on June 25, 2015. This flyer released on July 2, 2015, includes a computer-generated composite image depicting the possible likeness of a young girl, whose body was found on the shore of Deer Island in Boston Harbor on June 25, 2015.Suffolk County District Attorney/AP by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 9, 2015 6:40 PM CUT As authorities work to identify a young girl whose body was found on a Massachusetts beach last month, millions of people are immersed in the mystery on social media. The girl, whom authorities believe was about 4 years old and refer to as “Baby Doe,” was [discovered on June 25](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/girls-body-found-massachusetts-more-week-ago-still-not-identified-n386751 "undefined") by a woman walking a dog on Deer Island in Boston Harbor, officials said. Her body had been stuffed into a trash bag and was in the early stages of decomposition. The Massachusetts State Police, with help from the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, posted to Facebook a computer-generated image… [Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/millions-follow-search-girl-found-dead-massachusetts-beach-n389311?cid=par-time-article%5F20150709 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3951720/baby-doe-social-media-search/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3951720/baby-doe-social-media-search/"},"headline":"Millions Online Seek Answers in Case of Baby Found in Boston Harbor","datePublished":"2015-07-09T18:40:11.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T09:07:04.175Z","description":"The Massachusetts State Police released computer-generated image of what the deceased child may have looked like alive","url":"https://time.com/3951720/baby-doe-social-media-search/","keywords":["Children","Crime","Boston","Massachusetts"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdbf1ad0ba4a79e1a/69885a4ae53ababef54de8a0/missing-girl-massachusetts.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NBC News","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nbc-news/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdbf1ad0ba4a79e1a/69885a4ae53ababef54de8a0/missing-girl-massachusetts.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Girl Found Dead","caption":"Girl Found Dead","creditText":"Suffolk County District Attorney/AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3951720/baby-doe-social-media-search/","name":"Millions Online Seek Answers in Case of Baby Found in Boston Harbor"}}]}] ```