Breakthroughs in DNA technology helped investigators identify the boy found dead in 1957. They’re set to reveal his name. WCAU’s Claudia Vargas reports.
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#WCAU #BoyInTheBox #DNA
Why are they waiting
They have to confirm everything first and give people as much detail as possible. Family may or may not come out. Some family member put in their DNA which helped identify the boy.
@Michelle weeks. It’s been
Whattttt!!!!! I saw this on TV many many many years ago as a kid, im 30 now.I have no idea how I remembered watching this on unsolved mysteries . But wow.
That’s where I first remember hearing about this as well
A prominent family? Yeah I wonder if they had a ‘love child’ they didn’t want people to know about…
Name NOW!
More power to these investigators who don’t give up. Justice for these children.
I’ve been intrigued by this story for a long time, and am very pleased to see that all that hard work has paid off. Rather like the Talma Shad or Somerton Man case in Australia, which has finally been sorted and the victim named, it’s good to see that this has finally moved on. The implications, though, are more than a little unsettling for someone – mind you, after 65 years it’s more than possible that the person responsible will be well beyond the reach of the police.
I never thought i would live to see it almost solved…I always believed it will be solved but not in my life. Sorry English is not my language.
The Boy in the Box, The Somerset Man, Lady of the Dunes, all recently solved cases using investigated genealogy and DNA recently! How amazing.
add septic tank sam as well.
The Golden State killer too.
God bless those involved in finding this beautiful boys identity. Makes me elated that the lost are not forgotten.
If he was from a prominent family then why was he left in a cardboard box? Was he reported missing? So sad!
To throw off the investigation I’d imagine
*9:42:49** Can we just take a minute to congratulate how much time and work she put on this video!?*
*It’s incredible, and I think they deserve more than that!* 😀
Why don’t these news ppl bother to learn how to pronounce area street names? So unprofessional.
For people who don’t want to watch, they don’t tell you who he is, and waist several minutes of your time.
Visited him many times when I was a child while he rested in Potters Field. God bless everyone who helped find his identity and hopefully, justice for the child.
Theodore Sean
Im guessing this child had medical/mental issues and was stuffed in an attic or basement like so many challenged childs were back then because it was considered embarrassing to have “defective” children if you were a prominent family.
I’m guessing it was either that or the prominent father had an affair.
Looking forward to an update.
I hope they release this soon; hopefully this week or maybe the week of Dec 11th.
I pray they find out what actually happened
That would be funny if his last name ended up being box
you are lacking 🧠 function lady
Please tell me this adorable child’s name! His story is so sad 😞!
So when is this news conference when they release his name. This same clip keeps showing up and nothing is different. New information, please, instead of repeating this same post.
I’m still….missing….BUXTON BOARDING SCHOOL…..YASMIN ALI KAHN……
Please stop showing that photo of the deceased child’s face.
FATHER….AUDIE MURPHY…taken by TALITHA GETTY aka NANCY SINATRA aka BOBBY GENTRY UP…HWY 7 to …Burlington Vermont Creamery then STOWE VERMONT PLAYHOUSE THEATRE….pictured with Marylin Monroe.JFK.LUCILLE BALL….milk BENEFICIERY staring at CAMERA…
Jean Peters…HOGUE…dressed as PETER WEINBERGERS parents….
TAKEN…..and……SWAPPED….
you said you would announce it last week. js.
The DuPonts INBRED to guarantee “PURITY OF BLOOD” circa 1800s…scandalous… if the GENERATION who produced THE BOY IN THE BOX murdered this boy then IMUH SAY “THE INBRED THEORY OF PURITY OF BLOOD” WIPED OUT GODS PLAN FOR “PURITY OF SOUL”. DON’T REPRODUCE WITH YOUR RELATIVES. 🤮 2CENT
Whoever killed this child is most likely dead…
This is just amazing news. A big shout out to the persisting LEO’s, scientists, sleuths etc who just kept going. Great job, you all.
Someone in law inforcement probably my guess is that it was a judge
Crazy he wasn’t linked to any missing kid file that’s if he was ever reported missing. Something very fishy about his parents but let me not jump the gun I’ll wait for the conference I can’t wait!
prominent family will never pay for this. wasn’t reported missing. they did this. name is irrelevant when they don’t pay imo
So when exactly are they going to anounce his name? They’ve been teasing this reveal for over a week already. This is ridiculous. They’re trying to build the excitement and that is totally INAPROPRIATE. This isn’t a movie premier. This isn’t some red carpet event. So why the teasing? Why the leak after leak and the building the anticipation? That’s gross. If you’re not ready, don’t be teasing the release of the name. This is so disrespectful to this little boy. I’m glad he’s been identified. But treat him with dignity, not this attention gaining teasing. He deserves better.
To throw a dead little boy in a rural area in a box like a dead animal is another kind of evil.
😳
I have followed this story for years, very thankful the little Angel’s identity is finally known. He didn’t deserve the brutality shown him. I wish child abuse were wiped off of the face of the earth.
So the same woman who just helped ID the Somerton Man, helped ID this boy… that’s insane!
Can’t wait to hear the details of who this child was, and who’s family he belongs to. And they never reported a missing child. Genetic genealogy at its finest!
I’m telling it was his parents who did it think about it. You telling me his mom or dad didn’t come looking for him if the did we would all Kno his name
Why wait to reveal the identity? Unless they already have the suspect identified and are trying to catch them first. But that is still pointless. They have publicized they know the identity. Any suspect who would run, would run without them putting the name out. The suspect is fully aware that they murdered the kid, they don’t need the public to finally know his name. If they are alive and were prepared to flee, again, as soon as it came out that they knew the name, they ran.
The various news sources have produced much less terrible versions of his appearance. Poor little thing!
Amen I wanna know what happened praying ❤️❤️🙏🏽
Friendly old Brit: Got to love DNA trace histories.
Okay I’m actually kinda mad at the title of this video. I’ve been waiting for the press conference and I thought based on the title it happened. I got so excited. Smh. Just repetitive reporting.
Is the idea that this was a child from a prominent family the reason why LAW ENFORCEMENT IS SLOW IN RELEASING WHO THE CHILD IS? TYPICAL.
This prominent family is now 90. There’s legal stuff they need to do first. Don’t be one of those conspiracy nuts
When they going to announce the NAME?!
Don’t you think that if the people or person who did that awful heartless act and throw him away may still be alive and maybe wanting to go somewhere else so they aren’t caught ⁉️⁉️
Yes, it’s possible his mother and/or father are alive, maybe even a sibling if he had any. But at this point his parents would be in their mid 80s – early 90s so I doubt they’d go anywhere and are probably already in police custody
There’s no justice to be served. Trials and sentencing take a while, they won’t be in jail long. They’re more likely than not already at the end of their life, sick or senile. Whoever they are I hope they suffered in the 65 years they got away with this atrocious act
A prominent family & no one claimed him?? Yeah there are some dark secrets there…
I know the boy will probably never get proper justice unless the killer was fairly young and generally healthy, but at least he is getting his name back.
I hope this boy finally gets some justice. At least soon he’ll have his name back. So sad. He deserves so much better.
If they know who his family is…a prominent one wrapped up in a murder? Hmmm reminds me of Flowers in the Attic.
Prominent family? This could get ugly.
I see “Francis” or “Frederik” when I see his face….
Close, it’s apparently Joseph
If this boy was colored boy, it will never be in mainstream news and never solved.
I remember the first time I heard about thus case was on the TV show Cold Case. I knew they often based episodes on real cold cases so I looked this case up and was heartbroken to find out it was based on “the boy in the box”. I hope they can get some form of justice for him so he can rest easy
will you break in on all stations with the press conference?
Does anyone know when they are announcing it?
Joseph Augustus Zarelli. They just announced it found it on Google multiple sources
@Amelia I caught the tail end of the news conference. I never thought I would see this day. Rest easy sweet Joseph ❤️
@Gel Yogi now let’s hope his abusers are still alive so they can spend what little they have left in a jail cell for what they did to that sweet baby
If this title isn’t ‘click bait’, idk what is
Technically it isn’t. The title says he was identified not that they’re telling us his identity
I was not alive during this time, but I feel the perpetrators may have been “neighbor boys” something with a barn or a mechanic garage, and “his” mother may have known about it. I also get a sense that the boy may have been being raised as a female or possibly has a twin sister or sister close in age. This video said they linked him to a prominent family through DNA, so this info may link up to that family in some form or fashion.
I do not understand why they just don’t say his name. Why the buildup like it’s the Geraldo Rivera’s Al Capone’s vault special…I mean, unless he’s the son of someone very famous, I don’t understand why they wouldn’t just say his name. 60+ years later most of his relatives are probably gone.
Now let’s find Timothy.
This is relieving! now hopefully someone could also find the identity of that headless little black girl from St. Louis that they found her in 1980’s. No one knows her name or where she came from and still to this day she remains a mystery.
I think I remember hearing about this case in “America’s Most Wanted”, back when I was still in public school. It was said he was accidentally found by a stalker who was peeking at school-age girls from behind the trees.
Law enforcement knew who he was. Rich white privilege is real!
Wow
Click bait, not identified
Joseph Augustus Zarelli. Google is free my friend
Nbc using Automated voices now?
He kinda seems Kurt ot Kevin or something K.
May God Bless the original investigators who’ve passed….
Who ever did this is evil and I hope they find out whoever did this is gonna pay
I think we have waited long enough for his name!
His mother most likely killed him.
Joseph you can finally Rest In Peace you have your name back baby 😔
Joseph Augustus Zarelli born January 13,1953- found murdered february, 1957 rest in peace
AWESOME JOB GUYS.WE STAND WITH THE BABY
how could siblings NOT come forward?
Check the Duponts
Joseph Augustus Zerwilli (not sure of the spelling). Born 1-13-54. Died right after he turned 4.
I am so happy this little boy was given back the dignity of his name and identity. After so much was taken from him, including his life, at least he is able to get back this.
For those wondering about him having a connection to a prominent family from what they said at the news conference Joseph, the unknown child, had two siblings before him. But, it sounded like the mother was not married to the father.
Joseph was either the result of an unmarried couple or an affair. At least from what I took from the news conference.
Not being from Philly I am not sure which side is the prominent one. The mother’s or the father’s.
They did not say if Joseph, as a baby, lived with the mom or was maybe adopted out or given to someone else to raise, like an orphanage.
The police still are working on putting a background together for him.
And they may not find out everything. Only parts of this child’s story.
it looks like make up was applied to the boy’s face
so icky
Thank the Lord for this discovery! God be with your soul Joseph ❤
dude, i just watched buzzfeed unsolved a few minutes ago about the missing boy. Then i thought, what has changed after that, and have we come closer to the case. I searched up boy in the box, and this video came out just yesterday. wow!!!
The parents are dead, but they would have to be at the top of the suspect list since the boy was never reported missing.
No wayyy
This is truly the most pathetic story ever released . Trust me .
I hope his family can get closure. I hope they get who murdered this child.
😥They couldn’t save him, but they can finally give him back his name. Hats off to those who don’t give up on cases no matter how cold.
Is this the same case that the Cold Case episode was loosely based off of? And btw yes some of the episodes in that show were loosely based off of real cases
I’M SURE IT WAS A FAMILY MEMBER I WOULD SAY HIS PARENTS SINCE THEY NEVER SAID HE WAS MISSING….. CHILD WAS BEAUTIFUL… GOD KNEW HIS NAME FROM DAY ONE ..CHILD IS IN HEAVEN
This case always made me so sad. He looks a lot like some childhood photos I’ve seen of my dad. Poor little guy.
The boy is also connected to a old Jewish family that ran a haberdasher on 7th street near Porter in Philadelphia.
The boy’s name is Joseph Augustus Zarelli
Just say youz STILL DONT KNOW, SHEESH
But yet they STILL call the family “Prominent” is What’s Most Bizarre. smdh
Prominent family and nobody knows anything ?
His parents are on find a grave. They have passed away. But it looks like he had several siblings. Those parents know exactly what happens to their son! He was abused for a very long time. They did it! Or know who did! Parents just don’t one day have a child missing and not report it.
No ..!! We wanna no did the PARENTS report child missing…!!!! Tht part 😮😮 cause if not they did it we wanna no where not 👀👀👀👀💣💣💣💣
Want answers yall trying to protect this family y …..!!! We wanna see missing person report. I was born after this .. y’all reported missing ppl . Y’all keep ignoring this fact…!! But the world 🌎 not buddy boys
Honestly, imo, I think the father was raising the child, maybe alone (meaning absent mother), or maybe with his sisters relying on them for help. Or maybe someone on the father’s side of the family was taking care of him. Imo, i don’t think the child was beaten. Probably just a very active child, who one day probably fell in the bathtub, or bathroom, while clowning around. It probably killed him. The fall. No one wanted to be blamed, or they didn’t want anybody at the house 🤷 They panicked, not knowing what to do, so they placed him where he was found. Maybe they were going to bury him, maybe even there (where he was found) & got startled by something 🤷 I believe that handkerchief with letter G on it is some type of proof (possibly). For all anyone knows, he could have ran out of the bathroom before being dried off and slipped down stairs, or on something. These are my opinions. And with the autopsy, especially back in that era of time, who’s to say its correct? Right now, 65 yrs later, u have investigators trying to find people “still alive” to witness that they saw a toddler in someone’s care? Even in that era of time, if u live with a big family, who is going to know who’s who? And more than likely, the child would have stayed in doors with whoever is home, so the child may never have left the house🤷 Imo, I believe someone did care for the child. He was wrapped in a blanket. There was a man’s hat (I believe the father’s), and a handkerchief (probably from crying). People don’t ever want to get caught, especially if something doesn’t look good. Just my own theory.