On August 17, 1973, eight-year-old Black male child Steven Cropper was found dead on the rooftop of a tenement building at 325 East Houston Street in Manhattan, New York. His body was discovered by a woman walking her dog, and authorities determined that he had been slashed multiple times with a razor. Unlike earlier victims in a suspected series of child murders, Steven's genitals were not mutilated, and there was no evidence of sexual assault. However, his shirt had been pulled up and his pant
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