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    True crime scene: Boy in the Box Case: The 66-Year Wait for a Name

    Boy in the Box Case: The 66-Year Wait for a Name

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    Susanne Sperling
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    January 6, 2026 at 08:00 AM

    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

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    True crime scene: Boy in the Box Case: The 66-Year Wait for a Name

    Boy in the Box Case: The 66-Year Wait for a Name

    Author
    Susanne Sperling
    Published
    January 6, 2026 at 08:00 AM

    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

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    TranscriptNot Available
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    True crime scene: Bear Brook Murders Case: The Final Victim Identified.

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    True crime scene: Bear Brook Killer: The Container Disposal Method

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    True crime scene: Idaho College Murders Case: The DNA on the Sheath

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