The Boy in the Box: Philadelphia's Unknown Child

This episode examines the heartbreaking discovery of a young boy's body in a cardboard box in Philadelphia's Fox Chase neighborhood in 1957. We explore the recent breakthrough in identifying the victim as Joseph Augustus Zarelli and how genetic genealogy finally put a name to America's longest-running unsolved murder case. Through interviews with forensic experts and cold case detectives, we analyze the original evidence, the various theories proposed over decades, and the impact of modern technology in finally identifying the victim, while exploring the remaining questions about his killer.