National Park Service employees are poring over hours of recorded video hoping for a lead into the theft of Baby Jesus from a nativity scene on Independence Mall.
The model Christ child was bolted down near heavily traveled Fifth and Market streets, but no witnesses have come forward since it was stolen sometime over the weekend.
"We don't know if we have video of the theft occurring," said Jane Cowley, spokeswoman for Independence National Historical Park. "We're looking at hours and hours of footage."
A replacement Baby Jesus is being supplied gratis by a Havertown family business.
Philadelphia is not the only city to suffer such a crime.
After a Christ child was pilfered two years in a row from a Palm Beach County, Fla., community center, a GPS unit was hidden inside the replacement. When the figure was stolen a third time last year, the miracle of modern technology led to its recovery and an arrest.
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