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For 65 years, the identity of Philadelphias Boy in the Box remained a mystery - until a breakthrough in October 2021 revealed his name: Joseph Augustus Zarelli.

Joseph Augustus Zarelli's naked, badly bruised body was found on Feb. 25, 1957, in a wooded area of Philadelphia's Fox Chase neighborhood.

With the mystery of the boy’s identity recently solved, police now hope to learn how he died even if it’s too late to make an arrest.

The "Boy in the Box," a slain child at the center of one of Philadelphias oldest cold cases, was identified as Joseph Augustus Zarelli last month.

Joseph Augustus Zarelli, previously only known as Philadelphias Boy in the Box, got a proper headstone on Friday, on what would have been his 70th birthday.

Joseph Augustus Zarelli, long known as the "Boy in the Box" and "America's Unknown Child," received a new headstone at Ivy Hill Cemetery in Northwest Philadelphia on Friday, marking what would have been the slain boy's 70th birthday. Zarelli's body was found in a cardboard carton in a Fox Chase field in 1957, when he was 4 years old. His identity remained unknown until last month, when police revealed the findings of a new DNA analysis. The case remains unsolved, ...

After 65 years without a name, police have finally identified the Boy in The Box — the victim of Philadelphia's oldest unsolved homicide.