America’s Unknown Child: The Boy in the Box Mystery - Thar Tribune

America’s Unknown Child: The Boy in the Box Mystery - Thar Tribune

The crime scene where Zarelli was found The day Philadelphia lost its innocence It was February 25, 1957, when a young man walking through a weedy lot on Susquehanna Road noticed something strange. A large cardboard box sat dumped among the trash, half-hidden by brush and winter’s dead leaves. Inside was a sight that would haunt the city for decades: the small, battered body of a boy. He looked no older than four or five. He was naked, bruised, …