65-Year-Old Mystery Solved: Police Say They Have Identified ‘The Boy in the Box’
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Cold Cases
Philadelphia police have solved at least one part of a 65-year-old mystery — they have identified a young boy found dead and stuffed into a box in the city in 1957. Investigators used DNA and intricate genealogical sleuthing to uncover the boy’s name, KYW reports, and criminal charges may be filed in his death. Philadelphia …