The Inquirer, based on interviews with members of both families and sources close to the investigation, now knows that police ...

In his heart, he knew he would never live to see the boy identified, and he didn't ... blanket and placed inside a large JCPenney bassinet box. Police say he was malnourished and had been beaten ...

The case of Joseph August Zarelli, Philadelphia's Boy in the Box, showed that old mysteries can be solved, but hundreds of ...

How "The Boy in the Box" mystery will help solve other cases ... Police have not yet identified the child's mother or said who was raising him. But the clues they disclosed at the press conference ...

And, it noted that when Gus died in 2014 at 87, one of the tributes on his Legacy.com page noted his “strength and character,” while another person wrote “The world has one less good soul.” So, while ...

“In his heart, he knew he would never live to see the boy identified, and he didn’t ... and placed inside a large JCPenney bassinet box. Police say he was malnourished and had been beaten ...

A month after Philadelphia police identified the child at the center ... Long known as the "Boy in the Box" and "America's Unknown Child," Zarelli's identity was finally revealed in December ...

“In his heart, he knew he would never live to see the boy identified, and he didn’t ... and placed inside a large JCPenney bassinet box. Police say he was malnourished and had been beaten ...

Augustus J. “Gus” Zarelli and “Betsy” Abel conceived a child in the spring of 1952, and the boy’s short, painful life, ...

“In his heart, he knew he would never live to see the boy identified, and he didn't ... and placed inside a large JCPenney bassinet box. Police say he was malnourished and had been beaten ...