Memorial Service Held For The Boy In The Box, Philly's Oldest Unsolved Murder: ‘We Will Put A Name On That Memorial'

CBS Philadelphia

November 12, 2021

There was a memorial service held Thursday for the child known as “The Boy in the Box.” Sixty-four years after his beaten, scarred body was found stuffed in a box in Fox Chase, his identity and that of his killer are still a mystery.

On Thursday at Ivy Hill Cemetery, where there is no name on his grave marker, there was a memorial with a powerful message. He will not be forgotten.

“Through hard work, investigational good luck and effort through science and the grace of God, we will put a name on that memorial,” Dr. Michael Rieders, chief science officer of The Vidocq Society, said.

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