However, their efforts didn't yield results. The identity of the Boy in the Box mystified Philadelphia for decades. It wasn't ...

The close relative of Betsy’s, who declined to be identified, said the Abel family learned the investigation was about the Boy in the Box only 48 hours before the news conference. “I was ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...