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

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

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(Original air-date: 12/9/22)

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.