Philadelphia’s Oldest Cold Case: DNA Breakthrough Brings New Light to the “Boy in the Box” Tragedy
For nearly 70 years, a heartbreaking mystery cast a long shadow over Philadelphia—the unsolved case of a young boy, found lifeless and unidentified inside a discarded cardboard box. Known for decades as the “Boy in the Box,” the tragic case became one of the city’s most haunting and well-known unsolved crimes. Now, after decades of