‘Boy in the Box’: Child found dead in 1957 named as 4-year-old Joseph Augustus Zarelli

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“The good news is the tech we push forward is giving hope to other unidentified whose DNA is thought to be beyond the ... modern horizon of technology.“In his very short life, it was apparent that this child experienced horrors that no one — no one — should ever be subjected to.”Authorities spent decades trying to identify him.“Through detective work and DNA analysis, police are finally able to identify the child.”News reports surfaced last week that the boy had been identified.The boy was found covered in a blanket inside a cardboard box in northeast Philadelphia’s Fox Chase neighborhood on Feb. 25, 1957.His hair was “crudely chopped and buzzed” and he had several small scars on his body, according to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children."

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