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His name was Joseph Augustus Zarelli. Nearly 66 years after the battered body of a young boy was found stuffed inside a cardboard box, Philadelphia police say they have finally unlocked a central mystery in the city’s most notorious cold case: The victim’s identity. Revealing the name to the public

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Philadelphia police have revealed the identity of the child found battered and stuffed inside a cardboard box

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Police in Philadelphia this week identified a boy whose body was found in 1957 and whose death became the city’s most famous cold case.

The discovery of a boy's battered body in a box in 1957 became Philadelphia's best-known cold case, with the child's identity a mystery for decades.

His name was Joseph Augustus Zarelli. Nearly 66 years after the battered body of a young boy was found stuffed inside a cardboard box, Philadelphia polic

For 65 years the nation has been waiting for investigators to determine the identity of the boy who became known as America’s Unknown Child or “The Boy in the Box.” Now, we know that child was Joseph Augustus Zarelli.

Authorities announced that the "Boy in the Box" is 4-year-old Joseph Augustus Zarelli. Police found his naked and badly bruised body in a wooded area on February 25, 1957.