Tag: Joseph Augustus Zarelli

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Joseph Zarelli’s Biological Parents Identified by The Inquirer

The Philadelphia Inquirer is reporting it has identified the biological parents of Joseph Augustus Zarelli, a 4-year-old known for 65 years only as…

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With the Boy in the Box ID’d, Internet Has Lit Up with Speculation

It’s been a week since Philadelphia police identified the Boy in the Box as Joseph Augustus Zarelli and now internet speculation is in hyperdrive…

Rita O’Vary visits the gravesite of Joseph Zarelli on Thursday at Ivy Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia

Former Local Bus Driver Kept Vigil for ‘America’s Unknown Child’

On the morning of Dec. 8, Rita O’Vary stood looking at two granite markers at Ivy Hill Cemetery in East Mount Airy, the grave…

Artist rendition of "Boy in a Box"

More Than Six Decades After ‘Boy in the Box’ Was Found Dead, Police Ready to Reveal His Name

More than six decades after the “Boy in the Box” was found dead in Philadelphia, police have managed to determine his identity and will reveal…