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James Liddell

The ‘Boy in the Box’ was finally identified. DNA may now unravel the mystery of eight others buried next to him

Philadelphia Police, FBI and forensic specialists work to exhume bodies at Parkwood Soccer Field/Potters Field for DNA-based testing on September 24 - (© 2024 Copyright The Philadelphia Inquirer)

After 65 years, “America’s Unknown Child” was finally given his name again: Joseph Augustus Zarelli. But the identities of eight other bodies buried next to him remain unknown, as authorities await DNA results.

Zarelli was just 4 years old when he was found on the side of the road beaten, bruised, and wrapped in a blanket inside a cardboard box in northwest Philadelphia in 1957.

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