Long known only as “The Boy in the Box,” Joseph A. Zarelli was identified last year using DNA evidence.
The biological parents of the ‘Boy in the Box,’ Joseph Augustus Zarelli, have finally been identified
Abel went on to become a cashier at the Goldman Theater, one of Center City’s late, great movie houses, on 15th Street. John J. Plunkett, a man she’d later marry, according to her obituary, was its manager. “Each of his children is extraordinarily sympathetic to the death of this young boy, and horrified by the events that are being discussed,” Bush said in the statement. “However, until recently, they had never heard of any of this. They have never been shown anything that links their father or any member of their family to this.”The Inquirer confirmed that Gus Zarelli’s niece submitted DNA that matched Joseph’s. Before that, Abel’s relatives had uploaded their DNA for genealogical research.
“There has been no credible allegation by anyone, including the Philadelphia Police Department, that their father knew of the birth of this child, or had anything to do with the life of this child, and certainly nothing even remotely suggesting that he knew of or had anything to do with any harm having come to this child,” the attorney said.
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