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Victim in Philadelphia’s ‘Boy in the Box’ Homicide Case Finally Identified

By Kenny Cooper | WHYY
Published December 17, 2022 at 1:01 AM EST
Joseph Augustus Zarelli's grave at Ivy Hill Cemetery, photographed in August 2022.
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Joseph Augustus Zarelli's grave at Ivy Hill Cemetery, photographed in August 2022.

Philadelphia police have finally identified the 4-year-old victim in the city’s oldest unsolved homicide case. WHYY’s Kenny Cooper has more

Read the full story here.

(Original air-date: 12/9/22)
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Kenny Cooper is WHYY’s suburban reporter covering Montgomery and Delaware counties. He joined WHYY in November 2020. Kenny, a Montgomery County native, graduated in 2020 from Temple University with a BA in journalism and political science.
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