‘Tenderly tucked under a blanket’: The day the Babes in the Woods were found

The Babes in the Woods, from left, Norma, Cordelia and Dewilla. The photo was taken around 1933 at their home in Roseville, Calif. (AP Photo)

Editor’s note: Please be aware that this story includes an image that may be troubling to some readers.

When the bodies of three young girls were found along a road in Penn Twp. in Cumberland County in November 1934, the central Pa. community became fully immersed in the mystery and the grief.

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