Boy in the Box Mystery: 5 Forensic Breakthroughs That Finally Identified Joseph Augustus Zarelli

Boy in the Box mystery

The February 1957 discovery of an unidentified young boy inside a discarded cardboard bassinet box in Philadelphia’s Fox Chase neighborhood became one of America’s most enduring cold cases. The child, estimated to be between four and six years old, was found unclothed, underweight, and bearing signs of recent grooming. Despite one of the largest homicide … Read more