Police Have Identified Philadelphia’s Oldest Doe Homicide Victim
Joseph Augustus Zarelli, formally known as “Boy in a Box,” was found on February 25, 1957.
2 min readMar 24, 2023
On February 25, 1957, that would start the oldest homicide cold case worked by the Philadelphia Police Department. A college student was out in the woods in Philadephia, Pennsylvania, when he stumbled upon…