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Joseph Augustus Zarelli (January 13, 1953 – February 1957), previously known as the "Boy in the Box", "Boy in a Box" or "America's Unknown Child", was an American 4-year-old male whose nude, malnourished, beaten body was found on the side of Susquehanna Road, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on February 25, 1957.
Jan 25, 2023 · ‘Boy in the Box’ homicide victim identified after 65 years. Zarelli’s body was found naked and badly bruised back on Feb. 25, 1957. He had been wrapped in a blanket and placed in a JCPenney...
Dec 11, 2022 · Zarelli was found badly beaten and dumped along Susquehanna Road in Philadelphia's Fox Chase neighborhood in February 1957. Sources say his lifeless body was found placed in a bassinet...
Dec 8, 2022 · Philadelphia police on Thursday identified the “Boy in the Box” who was found beaten to death in 1957 — but said proving who killed 4-year-old Joseph Augustus Zarelli will be an “uphill...
Dec 8, 2022 · Detective work and DNA analysis helped officials learn the identity of a 4-year-old boy whose beaten body was found inside a cardboard box in Philadelphia in 1957.
Dec 8, 2022 · More than six decades after a young boy was found dead inside a bassinet box that had been abandoned on a road in Philadelphia, police have publicly identified his remains.
Dec 8, 2022 · A little boy killed more than 60 years ago has finally been identified as Joseph Augustus Zarelli thanks to police work and DNA analysis, the Philadelphia Police Department said.