Philadelphia police identified the “Boy in the Box” Thursday — 66 years after the 4-year-old child was found dead inside a container in the woods.
Police announced they had determined Joseph August Zarelli was the identity of the body was found naked and badly bruised on Feb. 25, 1957 in a wooded portion of Philadelphia’s Fox Chase neighborhood.
“This announcement only closes one chapter in this little boy’s story while opening up a new one. This is still an active homicide investigation and we still need the public’s help in filling in this child’s life story.” “We may not make an arrest. We may never make an identification. But we’re going to do our darnedest to try.”Smith also said that police have their suspicions as to who may have killed the child, but could not share them while the investigation is still active.
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