Police have identified the boy from the 1957 'Boy in the Box' case nearly 66 years after his body was found in a blanket in a box in Philadelphia's Fox Chase neighborhood.
Boy in the Box: Police tease 'significant update' in decades old Philadelphia cold case
Outlaw said science and technology were instrumental in identifying the child, whose name remained unknown for nearly 66 years. Police say they will not release the name of the child's parents at this time out of respect for the boy's living siblings.
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