The Boy in the Box // 269

Going West: True Crime

Dark West Productions

True Crime, Society & Culture, News

4.6 • 10.2K Ratings

🗓️ 10 January 2023

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

In February of 1957, a box containing the body of a boy was found in Pennsylvania, and for nearly 70 years, his identity remained a mystery. But in November of 2022, it was finally discovered. Although police are continuing the search for the boy’s killer now that they know the victim’s name, the identity of the murderer is still unknown. This is the story of the boy in the box. BONUS EPISODES patreon.com/goingwestpodcast CASE SOURCES 1. CBS: https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/the-boy-in-the-box-joseph-augustus-zarelli/ 2. Newsweek: https://www.newsweek.com/boy-box-joseph-augustus-zarelli-has-living-siblings-60-years-later-1765716 3. New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/08/us/boy-in-the-box-philadelphia-homicide.html#:~:text=His%20name%20is%20now%20known,case%20work%20in%20recent%20years. 4. FInd A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7207817/boy-in_the-box 5. Philly Voice: https://www.phillyvoice.com/boy-in-box-philadelphia-joseph-augustus-zarelli-homicide-victim-identfiied/ 6. The NetLine: https://thenetline.com/joseph-zarelli-family/ 7. Republican and Herald: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114869310/joseph-augustus-zarelli-2281957/ 8. The Philadelphia Inquirer: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114409749/boy-in-the-box-joseph-augustus-zarelli/ 9. ABC 27: https://www.abc27.com/news/remains-of-boy-in-the-box-identified-by-philadelphia-police-after-65-years/ 10. The Philadelphia Inquirer: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114499080/gus-zarelli-theorized-to-be-bio-father/ 11. Gus' Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/131531160/augustus-john-zarelli 12. Grunge: https://www.grunge.com/901122/the-tragic-1957-murder-of-the-boy-in-the-box-explained/ 13. ABC 6: https://6abc.com/boy-in-the-box-identified-dna-philadelphia-cold-case-child-killed-50s/12546104/#:~:text=The%20%22Boy%20in%20the%20Box,forensic%20genealogist%20at%20Identifiers%20International. 14. Local Today: https://localtoday.news/us/chinas-strict-zero-covid-policy-may-be-over-but-it-has-been-replaced-by-chaos-confusion-and-risk-216647.html 15. The Philadelphia Inquirer: https://www.newspapers.com/image/176083075/?clipping_id=114408911&fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjE3NjA4MzA3NSwiaWF0IjoxNjcyMjcxNDkzLCJleHAiOjE2NzIzNTc4OTN9.HjpbJDDP9n30ZQiYbXFH5bij7nGWMVyaFeY6M0s5U0U Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	What is going on True Crime fans?
0:16.2	I'm your host Tee.
0:17.2	And I'm your host Daphne.
0:18.6	And you're listening to Going West.
0:20.5	Hello everybody.
0:22.5	Happy Tuesday.
0:23.5	Big thank you to Alicia, Donna, Brittany and Rachel for recommending today's case.
0:29.9	This one has had a lot of recent updates, which I'm sure a lot of you have seen in the
0:33.9	news the past month.
0:36.1	This case is finally getting some answers after way too long.
0:40.1	So we decided to do an episode about it.
0:41.9	Yeah, this is one of those historical cases that a lot of people probably know about, but
0:47.4	may not know all the details to it.
0:49.9	So yeah, really excited to get into this one today.
0:53.3	Then let's do it.
0:54.3	All right.
0:55.4	This is episode 269 of Going West.
0:59.8	So let's get into it.
1:29.8	In February of 1957, a box containing the body of a boy was found in Pennsylvania, and for
1:40.7	nearly 70 years, his identity remained a mystery.
1:46.8	But in November of 2022, it was finally discovered.
1:52.6	But the identity of his killer remains unknown.
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