Cat's in the Cradle Mystery Cache

Because of a tragic incident on Christmas Eve 1985, the whole nation became aware of a village in Nebraska by the name of "Chester." On that cold, snowy night, the body of a child, dressed only in blue pajamas, was found along the roadside. In the months that followed, authorities searched for clues that would lead them to learn his identity and to discover the circumstances that surrounded his death. In the early spring, while the name of the little boy was still unknown, he was laid to rest in the Chester cemetery. The concerned community of Chester turned out en masse to give him a dignified funeral. Years later, when the entire sad story was revealed, his real name, Daniel Stutzman, was added to the stone. He will, perhaps, always be known as "Chester's Little Boy Blue."

The generation that would have been Danny Stutzman’s has grown up without him. He didn’t graduate from high school, go to college, marry or have a family. Danny’s 9-year-old body was found in a ditch near Chester on Christmas Eve 1985.

No one knew him or his name until two years later. But this community came to love him anyway, and in turn, he defined them. A community that wept at his funeral, that buried him under the name Matthew, a name that means “gift of God” and referred to him as “Little Boy Blue” because of the blue pajamas he was wearing when found.

The town still cares for his gravesite in its roadside cemetery. People still lay toys, cars and coins on his grave. The community built a roadside memorial for him, then rebuilt it after a tornado. And it bears the logo, “A small town with a big heart.”

Twenty years later, author Gregg Olsen wrote a book, “Abandoned Prayers”, about the boy. National and local media have printed the story time and again. Although much of the media attention has fizzled and talk has waned, the memories haven’t.

After a tip identified the child, authorities discovered Danny was raised Amish. A Reader's Digest article two years later led authorities to the boy's father, Eli Stutzman. In statements then, Eli Stutzman said he was scared after he found his son dead in the back of his vehicle.

Eli Stutzman was convicted in 1989 and served 18 months in prison for abandoning his son's body and concealing his death. Stutzman would later testify he dumped the boy's body there after he had developed a respiratory problem and died. Stutzman then served time in Texas for killing a roommate months before Danny's death. He was released on parole in Texas on March 31, 2002. Eli Stutzman died on February 06, 2008.

You will find yourself at the Chester City Park before the second monument this village erected to honor Daniel Stutzman. In the lower right-hand corner of the monument is a brick of a different color that has eight words on its face. You will need those words to finish the puzzle below and find the cache.

Using the number of letters (NoL) in each word (1-8, counting left to right and top to bottom), plug those values into the equations below and figure out where the cache is hidden.

The final cache is located at the Chester Cemetery and you will not have to walk on any graves to find the cache. I have included the coordinates for Daniel's grave if you would like to visit and pay your respects, but that is not needed to find this cache. Please respect the area and those interred here, limiting your visit to daytime hours. CITO if needed, rehide as you find it, and please post no hints or spoilers. Thank you and good luck.