DNA evidence helped identify the boy found beaten to death in 1957 as 4-year-old Joseph Augustus Zarelli.
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You need to release the names of the parents.
Augustus Zarelli is the father. Mother unknown
@Heather Nikki Not necessarily. It might be Michael. However both Agustus and Michael are deceased.
BUT they both had children and one set or the other are the siblings of the Boy in the Box.
Allegedly the mother is Cynthia C. Pashko
👆 – ВЕSТ ADULТ DAТING SIТE 😜💋j♂
Cops love to congratulate themselves even when they did absolutely nothing. This crime has not been solved. But even if it had been, the perp would likely be at least 90 years old although most likely dead. The only development is the identification of the victim, which the police had nothing to do with (scientists did).
Did you know that Viktor Bout’s bday is the same as the boy in the box? Jan 13. Weird.
To all the filth who thought they got away with their depravity: TIME’S UP BI#%@ES.
Sleep with BOTH eyes open…👀😉
Out of respect for Joseph their names should be released though
Always victimized. The parents aren’t owed this respect.
He’s adopted
@sheryljeanne they didn’t say the parents needed the respect they said Joseph.
Easy to find the parents name if you have a genealogy account. Allegedly the parents were Augustus John Zarelli and Cynthia C. Pashko.
Sad Story it’s Millions of Story’s like this
Please get whoever it was.
My heart breaks and my mind echos the questions who, why, how? Who could have done this? Why, on earth, would this be done? How could this have happened without someone coming forward on this child’s behalf? Yet, I know these questions can’t be satisfactorily answered, even as more information is determined or released. Knowing names, even punishing the guilty (it should be done for Joseph’s sake, and for everyone who persevered in this investigation) cannot make the unfathomable understandable. I am so grateful to those who pursued these answers over 60 years time. I truly hope that we as a people continue to seek both justice and mercy.
So dramatic 🤣
the killer is most likely dead now
Because this is still an ongoing investigation, the police will not comment on certain substantive matters, The captain now in charge did acknowledge that they have suspicions. Considering the boy was apparently never reported missing, where else can such suspicion lie except on one of two people or both? This seems more clear-cut to me than the JonBenet Ramsey case where alternatives are possible. R. I. P, little fellow. You never had a chance and you deserved better.
The parents sold him to pedophile parents mother and father. Martha’s side of the story is sadly the correct one. And that’s why they aren’t gonna give the name of the parents because their other 2 children, siblings to Joseph would get hate
We as a people ..
Wow. That was so long ago, at least they found out who this baby was.
They need to release the parents names, it seems we all did a little digging by the other comments and at least have ideas for the father and police know the mother from dna. The parents need to be outed your kid doesn’t die end up in a box then all over the news and you don’t say anything ever without being involved/ there’s no respect for his brothers and sisters they were part of a prosperous family and led good lives Joseph did not. Release the names for joseph so we can tarnish their namesgraves accordingly.
That’s incredible! That they found out the identity of course
Fantastic. Now focus on the Kensington Ave. problem.
Was Martha right
Nope
I see. So this cold case is why Philly has let child killers, car thieves, and dirty cops left undisciplined. Much more important.
I’m glad he has a name finally.Rest in peace Angel
I’m glad he finally has his name back. I hope we finally get answers on what happened to him. If not, at least we know his name.
The Sommerton Man and now the boy in the box! Technology is scary awesome. Prayers 🙏 for both families. I’m glad Joseph got his name back. RIP 💐
Lady of Dunes was also solved somewhat recently i believe…and i’ve heard that more stuff about the Jonbenet Ramsey case has come to light as well
@XxSammyxX that’s awesome 👍
Well said. It is truly amazing what can be done with modern forensics.
😭
Sounds like the family, since they want to be so incognito.
When are you gonna report on Hunter Biden’s laptop?
What laptop? 🤭
When are you going to comment about the starving kids in Somalia?
Sad and terrible 😂
You do know that’s a laughing emoji right?
Kinda TOO LATE and matters now, how? Re-exhumed or in other words desecration of the dead. WHO KILLED HIM? *THAT* would be a story.
If the story doesn’t interest you then move along.
@Onyx no, no one asked you TROLL ACCOUNT
https://www.youtube.com/@onyx9857/about
@truthseekers but you did ask. Your original post has a question with a question mark. And the question was aimed at other commenters. Im another commenter therefore you asked me.
Philly…”Brotherly Love”
Way too many…….unknowns from…parents…..lack of……missing reports………and…..police don’t believe U without…….evidence.
It happened often in those days more than anybody could imagine , so when you hear people call things in the past the good old days just remember that there where not many protections for for children back than. Everyone in those days minded there own business sadly.
Yasmin Audie Murphy Ali Kahn..captured in powers U2 second seat under JFK direct orders …my credentials backpack is missing……who is the girl…dressed as YASMIN……Talitha Getty took me from Buxton boarding school up hwy 7 to burlington.vermont CREMERY then to Stowe Vermont Playhouse theatre..in school with John Paul third…principle asked me if he is on drugs….I said he looks like he is on drugs……Corey Feldman also collaborated on first singer of…BOXTOPS band……the letter…kidnapper Ava Gardner….was also at patsy Ramsey’s with Johnny Lee brewer also dressed as CIA officer e Howard hunt at Watergate…brewer alias Lyle Willard rude had a u.s.army rope plaque…matched jon benet Ramsey as Katie Perry.
Easy… IF the parents didn’t fill a lost child report, then the parents are primary suspects, if they find them guilty, I hope they end the last few years of their lives in prison
The parents are both dead.
unfortunately they passed already but police did find siblings. Im sure they’re questioning them to see if they have any info on what happened.
Martha’s testimony is sadly the true one. So yes the parents didn’t report him missing for the reasons you are thinking. The parents sold him to pedophiles unfortunately
4-6 years old. 😡
Rest in Peace Joseph. I can’t imagine the fear a child is going through this.
This was the golden age in America.
great work !!! !!! !!!
Thank You God!! If the family could make a movie, l would love to see it!!
It’s very unlikely that the parents are still alive.
What? He was under 6 in the late 50s. The average life expectancy is 77. Seeing how he was a post ww2 child, it’s very possible he was a 3rd or 4th gen living member of the family while he was alive. NBA Youngboy has 12 kids and he’s like 23. Check that ish out
The father died in 2014 and the mother died in 2018.
May you have all the money and resources to make a conviction, for that frightened life lost.
the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.
This is not justice. They got away with the crime and the boy died.
that poor baby…
May he now rest in peace.
i have a feeling the child’s parents did that to their own child. sickening.
I want this boys identity to be found because I wanted who ever did this to come to Justice.
😭😭😭😭🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
One aspect of this press conference that I found confusing was that the police captain who is the current lead investigator of the case said at least once, and I think twice, that the boy had “siblings on both sides.’ Does that imply that one or both of his parents had nonmutual children with the other, and that the boy had half siblings? Or did the captain simply misspeak and meant that the boy had cousins on both sides of his family?
If the latter, then it is not clear if the boy had any brothers or sisters which I think is an important point for clarification. Also, if the boy did have siblings, full or half, would they have been younger or older than he? Would one or more have been sufficiently older to remember the boy personally and perhaps had direct knowledge of the incident that took his or her bother’s life?
Ummmmmm that’s waaay too much to expect from any US law enforcement. This case would not have been solved without DNA analysis.
Did the parents sell him? The g on the handkerchief
Protecting criminals is disgusting cops
Another Emmett till type murder 😡
did you hear that? the 4 year old boy’s siblings are alive??? I wonder if they were born after he died and did not know him at all???? if the siblings were old enough to remember, they kept the secret for 65 years?!!
people apparently found his family, but its all allegedly for now. for what ive seen, all his siblings are younger than him
the timeline people made points to Joseph being born when his parents weren’t yet married, so they probably put him up for adoption or something similar
i just hope his bio parents weren’t the monsters who murder him
RIP and congrats to the police. Maybe the zodiac is next.
I hope whoever did this is still alive and living in constant fear until they catch them
Not gonna happen. Obviously the family isn’t really concerned about it. Probably something to never be spoken of again.
Poor kid. Hope they get this one figured out. RIP.
obvi the parents were responsible. did they ever report him missing or anything?
how do you know he wasnt in an orphanage?
@Vyrkwid because the story doesn’t say that
I’m confused was he in an orphanage or adopted out or in family care at the time? still so many questions
Thank you😊
Poor young fella. No one missed him to report him missing. 😢. Over the years no family came forward to tell his story. The entire family is nothing but losers.
Rest in peace sweet boy
For a lack of better words. Who were the child’s parents? Didn’t they know he was gone if it wasn’t them that did it?
Why protect them if it was them?
They were the ones who sold him to another family. That’s also why they didn’t report it
@Black Rose my point is, the media shouldn’t hide the crimals face.
I wanna see it.
They should live in fear.
That poor child never had a chance to live.
It’s a shame.
Rest in peace Joseph Augustus Zarelli. I’m so sorry for what you went through. I hope you rest easily and peacefully 🙏💞
I have been so sad to hear about this precious child. Joseph you deserved better. RIP precious boy
I think he was adopted or given away by his birth parents as they keep saying birth parents as if he had other people besides them.
Sadly he was sold by the parents to pedophile parents. This is why they aren’t giving the family’s names cause people will harass them
This is interesting…maybe he was adopted and those parents hurt him 🤔
@Nandi D Someone came forward decades ago and claimed just that.
She was not believed at the time.
Because she had a mental illness.
Turns out she knew certain things about the case but I guess because she’s not mentally stable no one really believed her.
God be with you Joseph…
God watched it happen and did nothing.
@Onyx
He did, stopped your abortion..!
@legend Canibal but what about this kid? Why did he watch and do nothing?
@legend Canibal You’re just showing how pro-life folks are horrible
I looked up the family on ancestry and it looks like the dad died in 2014. If it’s the same family, they lost 2 infants after Joseph. I could be wrong.
I looked it up too and got the same results.
The Lady of the Dunes, The Somerton Man, and now the Boy in the Box. Thank you Jesus for DNA advancement.
Baby Joseph, you deserved so much more. I hope you are happy and healthy wherever you are now. We didn’t forget about you.
If this happened 65yrs ago. Most likely their parents are dead by now. The murderers. May he RIP 🪦 poor little baby 👼
Read a comment that stated that the father died in 2014.
It’s possible that the mother died as well.
Maybe question the siblings assuming they remember wha happened for all we know they were under the age of three.
Memory may not be there.
Did the parents not report him missing? Seems like that would have been a clear match. So I’m guessing they didn’t. Which suggests they are/were responsible. Why protect them?
Family didn’t report it. Find them all arrest them all
The only ones that are still alive were probably children at the time of the murder.
IDK if that’s appropriate?
I feel like you don’t have a good grasp of understanding time if you think that
🙏💙🙏
Definitely family
100k cases unsolved….wow
The father did it or family friend or uncle or older cousin
This poor little soul.
Rest in paradise Joseph. You are loved by a lot of people who have never met you and who are praying that whomever did this to you is brought to justice.
They always say everything that you do in the dark will come to the light and God brought him to the light it is never too late may he rest in peace🌹🌹🕊🕊
Back then, wouldn’t it have raised a few eyebrows as to why the kid was never declared missing? Unless the father or mother forced the other to shut up…
It’s unbelievable. This child JOSEPH touched my heart with such empathy, it’s the sole case I wanted to go back in time to have answers to. I know Joe touched so many people. Finally, his siblings can know the truth. I pray they weren’t abused by the same person or people who did this to Joseph. I pray that they didn’t even know, that they were too young to know. If they did, though – I hope they can finally love him, mourn him and bury their own ghosts of any abuse they suffered. I hope Joseph’s siblings can heal. I only wish them love and healing support – as much as Joseph received only after it was too late. It’s not too late for them. ❤
Where were his parents!! They more than likely were the ones harming him. So sad how people can do this to their own children. 😞
They sold him
Most likely a prominent family in the Philadelphia area,reason for the respect he may of been slow and fustrated the mom or mistakenly beating by another kid or kids..i think the parents are dead
Who does such a thing?😢
I remember hearing about him as a kid. Always wondered as the years rolled by if they’d ever find out who he was, and so happy they did. Rest easy little Joseph.
On another program they stated the child was connected to a prominent family in the area.
The parents didnt report him missing? Out of respect for Joseph NAME THEM!
Politicians boy toy most likely. Someone had to give house of cards those stories. I think Kevin spacey actually lived in out IRL
I feel sorry for their souls My they rest in Peace
Wow an unsolved crime of a boy that had no offspring after the killer is dead solved the case 65 years too late
Baby boy the world 🌍 has always loved you. ☮️
Yes it matters.
So do all the children being sent into the open border being exploited right now. But I reckon no one cares ??
The captain looks like he jumped straight outta the shower, onto that stage, without even straightening his tie lol. I’m happy they figured out who the boy was tho. R.I.P.
This case was solved because of DNA…..NOT BECAUSE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT
“Signs of trauma” This was a G ewwwish blood libel ceremony and one of the biggest reasons they were kicked out of 109 countries!!! Wake up America!
Family member had to know he was 4 unless he was kept hidden and secluded
Dirty eye-talians killing their own offspring.
RIP Joseph Augustus Zarelli💕🙏💕