#josephaugustus

[latenightsleuth]

Nice to put a name with a face after 65 years! Joseph Augustus Zarelli. . AJZ was known to us as America's Unknown Child or The Boy in the Box after having been found murdered near Susquehanna Road in Pennsylvania on February 25, 1957. (Swipe to see pics.) Genetic genealogy was used to give the name to the face of this mistreated young child. . Can't wait to see how this story continues to unfold! @Ancestry and @newspaperscom have been my go-to's this morning, researching the Zarelli family history and crime from that general area. While law enforcement has not named names of surviving family members, ancestry has shown me who they are. . Can you imagine finding out this infamous murder victim was a family member? . What story did Joseph's parents and family tell everyone as to where he disappeared to? Why was he never reported missing? . Law enforcement back in the day determined the bassinet box the little boy was found in had no bearing on the case at all. Will that still be the same today? LE knows the buyer who made the purchase in the store where it was bought from. . Joseph was found nude and wrapped in a flannel blanket. Will any of the surviving Zarelli family members recognize this flannel blanket as something used in their family back in the day? . A man's cap was found near the box in 1957. Police were able to find a witness who remembered the man with that particular cap, however, he was never found. Did the man with the cap have anything to do with the murder? Will any of the surviving Zarelli family members remember anyone in their family wearing this cap? . I can't wait to hear the explanation of how this young child beaten and malnourished, had all these scars and surgical marks on his body and no one seemed to know who he was. . What happened to Joseph Augustus Zarelli? . #josephaugustuszarelli #josephaugustus #zarelli #americasunknownchild #theboyinthebox #boyinthebox #boyinthebox1957 #solvedunidentifiedperson #unsolvedmurder #murdervictims #philadelphiapolice #vidocqsociety #childabuse #abusevictim (at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cl7AoyxP-GS/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=