Identified! PA - Philadelphia, 'Boy in the Box', WhtMale 4-6, 4UMPA, Feb'57 #2 - Joseph Augustus Zarelli

[Ontario Mom]

I was super happy to learn about our boy's name, but now I'm greatly concerned for the Z family's privacy.

 

[philippa26]

Good question. However, if he was given up for adoption why keep the bio parents names private?

my guess is for the privacy of the living siblings. If he was adopted and killed by his adoptive family they'll known nothing but will likely be harassed, knowing what (some) people are like.

 

[glorias]

Am I remembering wrong or did they mention early on that they got DNA from siblings who were already known to the police at the time? I wasn't able to have the sound on and my closed captioning may have been a little off.

 

[Gameman]

Are they saying that the father on the birth certificate and genetic father are the same person?

They are because they got the father’s name from the birth certificate, contacted one of his living children, and compared DNA to confirm the relationship

 

[NeverPersonal]

No, that evens out after a few days post birth. It is not permanent.

This is tragically false. Sometimes forceps cause permanent damage if used incorrectly.

 

[arielilane]

Wikipedia was updated with this most recent news.

Murder of Joseph Augustus Zarelli - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[txsleuth70]

Joseph deserves to have his entire story told. Period.

 

[EllaMinnowP]

The reporter's tweet said Joseph was adopted.

I missed this. I’m not surprised to learn that, though.
Still, if you can share the link to the tweet, I’d appreciate it. TIA

 

[Alleykins]

my guess is for the privacy of the living siblings. If he was adopted and killed by his adoptive family they'll known nothing but will likely be harassed, knowing what (some) people are like.

Investigators said they were withholding the parents' names out of respect for his living siblings, as he has them on both his mother and father's side.

I missed the part during the press conference where they announced he was put up for adoption.

 

[bourbongal]

Either the parents were monsters. Or maybe he really did live at the foster home.

 

[RyGuy611]

Saw the press conference live. I've been waiting for this moment for so long. I'm elated that we finally know who he is.

 

[Chelly]

I was super happy to learn about our boy's name, but now I'm greatly concerned for the Z family's privacy.

`I am concerned for living members of this family. i.e. opening a can of worms and sleuthing goes wild. I hope investigators are prepared for this.

 

[Sneaker33]

Joseph deserves to have his entire story told. Period.

Agree. <modsnip - info was removed via massive thread cleanup>

 

[Magnum P.E.]

I am a civil engineer and used to work in the Philly area. . I believe that there is a Zarelli construction company from West Chester. A LOT of Zarellis were concrete workers. I have no idea if there is a connection.
Please, please, I beg you, don’t bother living descendants of the Zarelli family! The parents are gone and any siblings came along too late to know anything about Joseph. Truth has a way of coming out, and there is no rush at this point.

 

[Ontario Mom]

<modsnip>
LE made it very clear that THEY were not going to release the names of the parents. For the sake of privacy for the rest of the family that is still living, it certainly seems prudent to follow the WS TOS of being family friendly, and leaving their names out of it, especially since there's been zero confirmation from LE that the names being discussed, are the actual person(s) directly related to little Joseph.

jmo

 

[MarissaG]

Public data

If you take a look at their address at the time - it's closer to Philadelphia so I'm leaning towards this lead. 2314 St Denis Ln · 2314 St Denis Ln, Havertown, PA 19083

 

[Springrain]

I honestly have no clue what's going on in the thread at this point.

 

[txsleuth70]

I believe the potential father named in this thread is the bio father. I believe there was a different, unnamed mother. I believe Joseph was adopted. I believe Martha.
MOO.

Will you link Martha's account?

 

[coco]

I honestly have no clue what's going on in the thread at this point.

I concur

 

[glorias]

Is the scanned birth certificate actually out there, or is it just names on Ancestry? Because if it's just names, they could be incorrect.