Nearly 66 years after the battered body of a young boy was found stuffed inside a cardboard box, Philadelphia police say they have finally unlocked a central mystery in the city's most notorious cold case: The victim's identity.
Revealing the name to the public Thursday, authorities hope it will bring them a step closer to the boy's killer and give the victim -- known to generations of Philadelphians as the "Boy in the Box" -- a small measure of dignity.
The homicide investigation remains open, and authorities said they hoped publicizing Joseph's name would spur a fresh round of leads. But they cautioned the passage of time complicates the task. The child's naked, badly bruised body was found on Feb. 25, 1957, in a wooded area of Philadelphia's Fox Chase neighbourhood. The boy, who was 4 years old, had been wrapped in a blanket and placed inside a large JCPenney bassinet box. Police say he was malnourished. He'd been beaten to death.The boy's photo was put on a poster and plastered all over the city as police worked to identify him and catch his killer.
All the while, the boy's missing identity gnawed at police officials, generations of whom took up the case.
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