He was naked, severely beaten and stuffed into a cardboard box. The case received substantial publicity, but for 65 years the boy's identity remained a mystery — leading to the moniker "America ...

SEE ALSO: Genealogist who helped identify 'Boy in the Box' visits grave, seeks justice for child The boy's missing identity gnawed at police officials, generations of whom took up the case.

Zarelli was just 4 years old when he was found on the side of the road beaten, bruised, and wrapped in a blanket inside a cardboard box in northwest Philadelphia in 1957. The anonymous little boy ...

He was naked, severely beaten and stuffed into a cardboard box. The case received substantial publicity, but for 65 years the boy's identity remained a mystery — leading to the moniker "America's ...