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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 Philadelphia's oldest cold cases, was identified as Joseph Augustus Zarelli last month.

Joseph Augustus Zarelli, previously only known as Philadelphia's '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, but the investigation is still active.

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