Crime

‘Boy in the Box’ identified 65 years later as Joseph Zarelli

By Asher Notheis
Published December 8, 2022 8:19pm ET
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‘Boy in the Box’ identified 65 years later as Joseph Zarelli
The gravesite of a small boy whose battered body body was found abandoned in a cardboard box decades ago is seen in Philadelphia, Wednesday, December 7, 2022. Police announced the identity of the boy in the box as Joseph Augustus Zarelli on Thursday, December 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)


A case over 60 years old finally identified its victim, giving an answer to one of the nation’s biggest mysteries.

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