
Boy in the Box Case: The 66-Year Wait for a Name
For sixty-six years Philadelphia’s 'Boy in the Box' remained anonymous after a rabbit hunter found the malnourished, bruised child wrapped in a JCPenney bassinet box in Fox Chase in 1957. An autopsy showed blunt force trauma; despite citywide investigations he went unnamed until 2022, when forensic genetic genealogy identified him as Joseph Augustus Zarelli — but his killer is still unknown. #TrueCrime #ColdCase #ForensicGeneticGenealogy #BoyInTheBox #JosephAugustusZarelli #Philadelphia #FoxCha



