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(Trends Wide) — “The boy in the box” finally has a name. Philadelphia investigators have identified the unknown child found dead in a box in February 1957, the longest-running cold case in the city’s history.
City officials identified the boy as 4-year-old Joseph Augustus Zarelli.
The identification, made through advanced DNA technology, represents the greatest confirmation in the cold case, giving investigators a lead not only in finding relatives, but also in finding the person responsible for the murder, if they still exist. She is alive.
In what has become known as the “Boy in the Box” case, his body was discovered wrapped in a blanket inside a cardboard box on February 25, 1957, in a wooded area of Northeast Philadelphia, according to the National Center for of Missing and Exploited Children.
“We still need the public’s help to complete this child’s life story,” Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw said Thursday.
News in development.
