'Boy in the box': Victim finally ID'd in Philadelphia's oldest homicide case - ABC News

A small lad killed much than 60 years agone has yet been identified acknowledgment to constabulary enactment and DNA analysis, the Philadelphia Police Department said.

On Feb. 25, 1957, a young lad was recovered dormant successful a container successful northeast Philadelphia.

The case, known arsenic "the lad successful the box," is Philadelphia's oldest unsolved homicide.

Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw volition beryllium joined by officials including Philadelphia County Medical Examiner Dr. Constance DiAngelo and Dr. Colleen Fitzpatrick of Identifinders International to denote the boy's individuality astatine an 11 a.m. quality league Thursday.