The Mysterious Death Of The Boy In The Box

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  • Опубликовано: 27 янв 2025

Комментарии • 29 тыс.

  • @thewolfofthestars1847
    @thewolfofthestars1847 5 лет назад +28236

    To be fair, finding a boy in a box and not reporting it cuz you don't wanna be a suspect, only for the boy in a box to be found and reported by someone else , and THEN mentioning you found the boy in the box earlier but didn't report it because you didn't wanna be a suspect, is in and of itself *extremely* suspicious.

    • @princessalia6
      @princessalia6 5 лет назад +1190

      Yup exactly what i was thinking. I would rather be hella transparent abt everything so i dont get dragged dnejebsh

    • @mustafamunir9801
      @mustafamunir9801 5 лет назад +77

      @@tasherxx_ wow no need to swear here this is a family friendy channel KINDA BUT

    • @ap7635
      @ap7635 5 лет назад +502

      I feel like horrific child murder already takes this out of the family friendly zone. They can't swear because they don't want to be demonetized but I don't expect anyone watching this to be offended by cursing.

    • @sharpayevansfromHSM
      @sharpayevansfromHSM 5 лет назад +187

      Apparently the first witness who 'didn't want to get involved' was actually checking muskrat traps he had set, and didn't report the discovery of the boy because he didn't want the police to confiscate the traps.
      Silly reason not to report the boy, but it doesn't seem to be really suspicious when you think about it.

    • @ZumbieGuy
      @ZumbieGuy 5 лет назад +101

      They were both using illegal traps in the area and were afraid of getting in trouble

  • @harperm9729
    @harperm9729 4 года назад +15398

    Imagine how many serial killers are watching unsolved mysteries of their killings and laughing at all of the fake leads... scary to think about

    • @Nobody-gx2rz
      @Nobody-gx2rz 4 года назад +749

      I don’t think so, most of them would have passed away even before RUclips was started

    • @sparklejinnie3242
      @sparklejinnie3242 4 года назад +528

      Probably chilling in hell

    • @TomAV75
      @TomAV75 3 года назад +134

      Yea so weird, those men, about 100 year old be watching these videos indeed..

    • @frog-zo4ts
      @frog-zo4ts 3 года назад +50

      @Ichigo_Miruku _ honestly I would read it even tho I don't like reading but still interesting

    • @dx1450
      @dx1450 3 года назад +183

      @@Nobody-gx2rz Sadly, there are probably serial killers out there walking around today. They only caught BTK fairly recently, and he started killing in the 70's. And I think they never did figure out who the Zodiac killer is/was.

  • @lemonoclefox
    @lemonoclefox 4 года назад +12019

    "Janet, we left the-- We left the the box, our boy was in that box!"
    I think about this every day

    • @phoenixknight5828
      @phoenixknight5828 4 года назад +111

      I’m so glad someone else feels this way

    • @marti8400
      @marti8400 4 года назад +122

      i play 6:30 on repeat in my head 😌

    • @ournzway1434
      @ournzway1434 4 года назад +28

      lemonoclefox
      I literally scrolled to this comment and he said the same thing 😂

    • @nevaehahandrich981
      @nevaehahandrich981 4 года назад +21

      dude i died when he said that🤣

    • @ashleywilson5187
      @ashleywilson5187 4 года назад +5

      Girl me too

  • @ultimateeick2910
    @ultimateeick2910 2 года назад +4182

    They found the kid’s name: Joseph Augustus Zarelli. The police apparently have a suspicion about who the killer was but remarked that it’d be irresponsible to be public with that information. One step closer, guys.

    • @SelfRaisingWheat
      @SelfRaisingWheat 2 года назад +38

      Maybe Martha's mother...

    • @melissacook6492
      @melissacook6492 2 года назад +181

      Martha should have been taken more seriously. Now it’s clear she knew his name, last meal, and that he had a bath prior to death

    • @bellamckinnon8655
      @bellamckinnon8655 2 года назад +65

      @Karina Lumen I'm not completely sure but in case it's the wrong person, and people wrongfully go after an innocent person? that's the only thing i can think of

    • @Elly3981
      @Elly3981 2 года назад +76

      Since he was never reported missing and nobody ever came forward to claim him after his body was found, I'm thinking the family or someone close to them had something to do with it.

    • @Arushi701
      @Arushi701 2 года назад +16

      @@Elly3981 They also didn’t reveal his relatives and parents although they did find them out. Maybe they have them as suspects too.

  • @xBrii333x
    @xBrii333x 5 лет назад +3106

    "Martha" also had other details about the case that had never been released. For one, that he had been beaten to death after having thrown up his dinner. The dinner Martha described matched the contents of the boy's stomach.

    • @AmberAmber
      @AmberAmber 4 года назад +113

      That's soooooooo sad.

    • @sakareeh
      @sakareeh 4 года назад +2

      HappyFace HAHAHAHAHA

    • @Mr.Axolotl13
      @Mr.Axolotl13 4 года назад +3

      SAVE MARTHAAAA

    • @pvic6959
      @pvic6959 4 года назад +4

      wait whats the source on this?

    • @Kazoo_Itchy
      @Kazoo_Itchy 4 года назад

      Oh heck-

  • @justafoolonline2737
    @justafoolonline2737 4 года назад +28320

    Me: does an unboxing video
    Everyone else at the police station:

    • @esther-us4sg
      @esther-us4sg 4 года назад +1596

      I--
      I'm a horrible person for laughing at this

    • @bethgutierrez-vazquez3055
      @bethgutierrez-vazquez3055 4 года назад +168

      Hahahaha

    • @justafoolonline2737
      @justafoolonline2737 4 года назад +498

      @@esther-us4sg Were in the same boat, I'm a horrible person for making a joke about this

    • @filip76uk17
      @filip76uk17 4 года назад +425

      Policeman : dude that’s my lunch🙁

    • @glatt0_
      @glatt0_ 4 года назад +138

      Filip 76uk dude wHaT tHe fRiCk

  • @meli1497
    @meli1497 3 года назад +6738

    The picture of the boy is very unsettling to me. I want to look away but at the same time, I can't. It just gives me chills.

    • @woosh-if-gae5772
      @woosh-if-gae5772 3 года назад +78

      Maybe that's why there was no record of the boy ever existing

    • @SeriouslySeriousGrim
      @SeriouslySeriousGrim 3 года назад +108

      Reminds me of dear David

    • @possumsporch
      @possumsporch 3 года назад +14

      @@SeriouslySeriousGrim same

    • @cjaee345
      @cjaee345 3 года назад +17

      What's funny, that pic of the boy isn't even close to scary.

    • @thefoeofdrip1184
      @thefoeofdrip1184 3 года назад +10

      This channel should do a video of Johnny Gosch and Eugene Martin

  • @taniyamelvin8389
    @taniyamelvin8389 2 года назад +10635

    Rest in peace Joseph Augustus Zarelli. Much respect to everyone who has worked to identify him for the past 66 years. So glad to see these types of cold cases getting solved at last!

    • @SinisterStrangee
      @SinisterStrangee 2 года назад +92

      So who’s the killer ?

    • @aaliward
      @aaliward 2 года назад +553

      @@SinisterStrangee That’s the next step. They’re hoping his family will reach out, and they can figure out who killed him & why.

    • @janeowit
      @janeowit 2 года назад +285

      As soon as I saw the headline that the boy had a name, I came back here because case kinda solved? 📦

    • @stasiagoro8720
      @stasiagoro8720 2 года назад +251

      Yes give that baby a proper headstone now!!

    • @GweenOfTea
      @GweenOfTea 2 года назад +222

      @@SinisterStrangee they have suspects but have not released them to the public
      They have found his siblings and his parents names as well, that’s all we know.

  • @nopetynopenope6897
    @nopetynopenope6897 4 года назад +3994

    “Hey Janet?”
    “Yes hun?”
    “Do you have our boy?”
    “I thought you had our boy?”

    • @max--1857
      @max--1857 4 года назад +48

      shouldnt have laughed. did laugh tho-

    • @carolinaibolanos
      @carolinaibolanos 4 года назад +124

      JANET WE LEFT THE- THE BOX, OUR BOY WAS IN THAT BOX

    • @beanviaaa5637
      @beanviaaa5637 4 года назад +12

      He be like noodle for Gorliaz jumping out of a fedex box, but she’s a boy, and she’s dead

    • @Drumskit
      @Drumskit 4 года назад +9

      @@beanviaaa5637 dead 😂 i know gorillaz and i know what you mean

    • @Soup____345
      @Soup____345 4 года назад +4

      I laughed at it and i hope i dont get murdered 😂

  • @hwangara
    @hwangara 4 года назад +5427

    “ struggled to bathe him. “
    “ bathed recently. “
    she could’ve bumped his head on the bathtub, the scratches maybe from her nails,
    as she “ struggled “ to bathe him.

    • @Ursellasw
      @Ursellasw 4 года назад +164

      Grim_Reaper LoL she could have done it on purpose and tried to drown him

    • @Angry_biscuit02
      @Angry_biscuit02 4 года назад +81

      Yes. It could be, but if true then the boy drowned and therefore the examiner would've found water in the boy's lungs.

    • @shadowartist8892
      @shadowartist8892 4 года назад +5

      A little kid? She must have been weak as as a coward.

    • @lorileiduffy8336
      @lorileiduffy8336 4 года назад +6

      Look at this en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boy_in_the_Box_(Philadelphia)#The_woman_known_as_%22Martha%22_or_%22M%22

    • @hatzandall1242
      @hatzandall1242 4 года назад +24

      How hard is it to bathe a child.

  • @TheKiwiZara
    @TheKiwiZara 4 года назад +6474

    Something about this case really disturbs me deep down. Poor child. Hope whoever the child was , is in a better place.

    • @intivibes
      @intivibes 4 года назад +144

      Me too, I have an unsettling weird feeling now. Poor baby :(

    • @jazmine9385
      @jazmine9385 4 года назад +72

      eilabeth ase????????????? bruh this is crime related, thats off topic.

    • @jazmine9385
      @jazmine9385 4 года назад +6

      Subscribe so I can feed my 11 Children forreal, i will subscribe

    • @minicloud450
      @minicloud450 4 года назад +3

      @llieilas _imonokiok your so dum

    • @aaravsaraiya
      @aaravsaraiya 4 года назад +6

      Yeah poor kid.....

  • @yeet6056
    @yeet6056 2 года назад +4525

    I remember watching this and wondering if he would ever be identified. Well I'm glad I was able to see that come true. Rest in peace Joseph, no longer unknown.

    • @georgemejia1123
      @georgemejia1123 2 года назад +58

      I know that the somerton man, the lady of the dunes, and the boy in the box has been identified. Has other cases that they made an episode been solved?

    • @yeet6056
      @yeet6056 2 года назад +29

      @@georgemejia1123 Those are the only covered cases that I'm aware of where the victim has been identified. I hope the Isdal Woman gets identified one day.

    • @wikern7010
      @wikern7010 2 года назад +15

      @@yeet6056 That might be very hard If not impossible because the Isdal Womans body was burned, and DNA from burned bone fragments can be highly degraded

    • @yeet6056
      @yeet6056 2 года назад +3

      @@wikern7010 That's very unfortunate

    • @alexw.854
      @alexw.854 2 года назад +25

      I’m going home for break soon and I live in the vicinity. I’m going to buy him some flowers and a toy for his final resting place and visit him with those gifts.

  • @bellegreycats490
    @bellegreycats490 4 года назад +9176

    Extremely upsetting. He was clearly severely abused so many more marks on him than what the examiner claimed. His head was shaved, looks like multiple bruises on his face and behind his ears. There is something eerily familiar about this story... I can’t place my finger on it. 1957 was not that long ago in reality. (63yrs) someone still knows something about this.

    • @pyre1
      @pyre1 4 года назад +667

      I don’t ussaly feel sick watching these but something just feels wrong

    • @aiden.ambulance
      @aiden.ambulance 4 года назад +274

      hey op are you the boy in the box

    • @abigailmadrigal-gonzalez1332
      @abigailmadrigal-gonzalez1332 4 года назад +333

      it reminds me of the gabriel fernandez case but honestly less horrific

    • @samirahsamir6930
      @samirahsamir6930 4 года назад +222

      This scares me tbh I wonder why the police didn’t arrest that family and solve this mysteries. I mean they will probably know it for only taking DNA.

    • @pknnbeach7525
      @pknnbeach7525 4 года назад +57

      I think they should do familial dna

  • @LittlePunchy
    @LittlePunchy 4 года назад +10155

    This one is extremely upsetting. Poor child. I hope his soul is resting in peace.

    • @senpaioreo2887
      @senpaioreo2887 4 года назад +83

      hopefully some people don't pass on till they get justice

    • @Clownpunx.
      @Clownpunx. 4 года назад +293

      Every time his face came on screen it made me so so sad. He was just a little boy. It’s so sad damnit.

    • @professorbaxtercarelessdre1075
      @professorbaxtercarelessdre1075 4 года назад +52

      luckily i think, if there is such a thing as resting in peace, people who were hurt like this or killed are the most likely to do so, at least one can only hope, which is all we can do really

    • @elliotpoco7539
      @elliotpoco7539 4 года назад +7

      Hopefully there is no afterlife.

    • @professorbaxtercarelessdre1075
      @professorbaxtercarelessdre1075 4 года назад +52

      @@elliotpoco7539 why hopefully? wouldn't you want there to be something more to all this?

  • @jessicar8235
    @jessicar8235 3 года назад +13705

    I went down a Reddit rabbit hole on this case last week. My money is on Martha’s statement. She said the boy was purchased to be abused, kept hidden in the home, and was beaten to death after vomiting his dinner of baked beans. The “mother” who purchased him slammed his head on the floor repeatedly for being sick, then bathed him when he became unresponsive. She then forced Martha to help her dispose of the body in the place he was found. When a passing male motorist stopped to see if he could help them at all, the “mother” forced Martha to stand in front of the license plate visible to the Good Samaritan. Apparently, 3 details only known to the police were mentioned in Martha’s statement - 1) baked beans were found in the child’s stomach 2) his fingers were pruned from being in water (the bath) 3) there was a man that came forward and said he saw a woman and a girl unloading a box soon before the child’s body was found. The police refused to rely on this woman’s statement, sadly, because of her laundry list of mental illnesses. A tragedy in itself because perhaps, if she were subjected to the abuse she claimed she and this boy in the box were, the abuse itself could be the catalyst for a lot of the psychological turmoil she suffered from, and ultimately, made the cops dismiss her despite the damning evidence she came forward with.

    • @user0553
      @user0553 3 года назад +1254

      Yeah I myself was convinced in the woman's story sadly it didn't go any further they should've investigated and might solve the case, I feel bad for the boy. He didn't deserve that

    • @jessicar8235
      @jessicar8235 3 года назад +1438

      @@user0553 yep-their only defense for not following up with this woman thoroughly were her mental illnesses and the fact that neighbors said they never saw a little boy in the home. Like ???? I don’t think the child slave you have to sexually and physically abuse is going to be on display when neighbors pop over for a visit

    • @WMAGene
      @WMAGene 3 года назад +53

      This is like an Email

    • @alunsinus_prime
      @alunsinus_prime 3 года назад +64

      Does this woman still live today?

    • @jessicar8235
      @jessicar8235 3 года назад +417

      @@alunsinus_prime I don’t know, she was only listed as M or Martha in the police reports. I wish I could find more info. If she was chalked up as the unreliable “crazy lady” by the community and the police she could’ve faded into obscurity with no one really remembering any links or info for internet sleuths to track her down

  • @cosmic7336
    @cosmic7336 2 года назад +2526

    UPDATE: his name was Joseph Augustus Zarelli, he was 4 years old, from West Philadelphia and has living siblings. rest in peace little Joey, now you get a bit of the justice that is owed to you ❤️

    • @ineedmorecarrots6063
      @ineedmorecarrots6063 2 года назад +1

      source?

    • @TheAjCalvillo
      @TheAjCalvillo 2 года назад +68

      @@ineedmorecarrots6063 Philly police did a press conference about a day ago.

    • @Zen-sx5io
      @Zen-sx5io 2 года назад +16

      @@ineedmorecarrots6063 There's many articles on this now.

    • @l.b9108
      @l.b9108 2 года назад +39

      wow only 4 years old...rest in peace baby boy you are loved even to this day:(

    • @Khushi_R9
      @Khushi_R9 Год назад

      They called him Joey?

  • @floodedfish
    @floodedfish 4 года назад +14131

    no one recognizing him itself is a clue. It's most likely the child biological parents, who never got his finger prints registered and kept him in secret and abused him

    • @shakilrahman3394
      @shakilrahman3394 4 года назад +82

      So wat are u trying to say. Cos wen I watch this it still does not make sense there a re so many looop holes

    • @pippa4511
      @pippa4511 4 года назад +1042

      @@shakilrahman3394 that it's possible the biological parents had the child in secret to abuse him- because there r no records of him

    • @zoixia4139
      @zoixia4139 4 года назад +892

      i think it’s one of those things when parents give birth to their kids at home and never mention them and keep them hidden so they can do those things, maybe explaining why theres no records of him ever existing

    • @bookswithasideofpoetry9796
      @bookswithasideofpoetry9796 4 года назад +489

      Yeah, it likely that they didn’t have him in a hospital, they didn’t want him so they abused him and then dumped him. It’s sickening but that’s something that could have happened.

    • @NotABirb
      @NotABirb 4 года назад +302

      Personally I think they did an at home birth and never got stuff registered so that they could plan to sell him off later in life

  • @TaraSmallss
    @TaraSmallss 5 лет назад +11968

    Dude she said that he died from the mom struggling to bathe him. Remember the boy had been recently bathed the police said?

    • @Bibblybubblybow
      @Bibblybubblybow 5 лет назад +1835

      And since he had blunt force trauma, she could've hit his head on the bath tub

    • @samiam7360
      @samiam7360 5 лет назад +1544

      @@Bibblybubblybow the scars could've been her nails or something scratching him while struggling

    • @danspof13
      @danspof13 5 лет назад +92

      oh shit we need t get this to boogara for 200 bucks

    • @TheAkumuKing
      @TheAkumuKing 5 лет назад +494

      Oh my god.

    • @ThatOneGirlJae
      @ThatOneGirlJae 5 лет назад +232

      I- I had This same thought!

  • @tmuller_2020
    @tmuller_2020 5 лет назад +20025

    I feel like Shane’s comments makes the video just a little less creepier.

    • @WCWThunderRosa
      @WCWThunderRosa 5 лет назад +935

      I wouldn’t be able to watch these without Shane’s humor

    • @gachafall3186
      @gachafall3186 5 лет назад +41

      Yup xD

    • @TheEtherny
      @TheEtherny 5 лет назад +244

      I feel it's disrespectful, imagine you know the kid, then this dude is making funny comments about his death. This is clearly geared towards kids who can't watch a serious video without getting the hebbie jebbies

    • @CodeeXD
      @CodeeXD 5 лет назад +302

      Yeah he's the foil to keep Ryan from losing his mind.

    • @tayloranderson7547
      @tayloranderson7547 4 года назад +55

      I feel like Shane's comments makes the video just a little less creepier.

  • @coolperson962
    @coolperson962 2 года назад +1272

    Joseph Augustus Zarelli (The Boy in the Box), Carl Webb (The Somerton Man), Ruth Marie Terry (The Lady of the Dunes). All identified within 4 months after decades! It's given me chills!!

    • @stasiagoro8720
      @stasiagoro8720 2 года назад +53

      Don’t forget Princess Doe. I forget what her name is but I was so happy she got it back.

    • @hydethecat9579
      @hydethecat9579 2 года назад +30

      Dude with technology we have now we can give these people their names back and their stories

    • @MrAllmightyCornholioz
      @MrAllmightyCornholioz 2 года назад +29

      @@stasiagoro8720 Dawn Olanick

    • @stasiagoro8720
      @stasiagoro8720 2 года назад +5

      @@MrAllmightyCornholioz thank you!!

    • @funkyfranx
      @funkyfranx 2 года назад

      I think Carl Webb is contested, but the other two yeah! Wish we knew who killed them.

  • @caratcake7704
    @caratcake7704 5 лет назад +8828

    Why is nobody talking about how the boy wasn't in the system. Somebody secretly birthed this child. For what reason.. we may never know.

    • @cwadd5208
      @cwadd5208 5 лет назад +584

      Maybe it was a home birth?

    • @catrinahartz944
      @catrinahartz944 5 лет назад +134

      Yes horrible

    • @KGArtistStudio
      @KGArtistStudio 5 лет назад +700

      CaratCake at home, possibly mentally ill, family shame, it could be anything. That’s what’s frustrating about these, the tracks just went cold when no DNA is traced

    • @calebk9111
      @calebk9111 5 лет назад +550

      Good point but don't forget this was 1957 and "the system" was purely paper based and therefore less dependable for this kind of information

    • @KGArtistStudio
      @KGArtistStudio 5 лет назад +105

      Caleb Keyes Damn you have a good point. Would the tech we have now help if they got a sample to trace his lineage? I don’t know too much about this stuff, would they need to compare samples in this case today if we wanted to know?

  • @cadencescoresby2975
    @cadencescoresby2975 4 года назад +3254

    This one's especially upsetting because it's a young child. And those pictures of his face and head are so disturbing to me

    • @rouriepollard6099
      @rouriepollard6099 4 года назад +84

      They looked like something a horror artist would draw, i found it intresting

    • @matttheman775
      @matttheman775 3 года назад +6

      Omg ikr

    • @hungrynelly2669
      @hungrynelly2669 3 года назад +35

      I'm not sleeping tonight

    • @cubanalien
      @cubanalien 3 года назад +62

      I know right… and I feel like the hosts are being pretty disrespectful too and they’re showing no empathy….

    • @carolinepowell6168
      @carolinepowell6168 3 года назад +19

      @@cubanalien i thought exactly the same. Totally disrespectful pair of bastards!

  • @army4life235
    @army4life235 4 года назад +10637

    This is one case I wish would be solved. This child needs a name and an identity. How sad!

    • @darthvader6916
      @darthvader6916 4 года назад +251

      Traci Smith i literally cried when i saw this boys face

    • @onyxsavior7179
      @onyxsavior7179 4 года назад +165

      Let’s call him Keith

    • @noorikhalid2488
      @noorikhalid2488 4 года назад +72

      11:46 wait so his name is John doe right?

    • @onyxsavior7179
      @onyxsavior7179 4 года назад +271

      Noori Khalid John Doe is a placeholder name

    • @noorikhalid2488
      @noorikhalid2488 4 года назад +17

      @@onyxsavior7179 oh

  • @lynn__1113
    @lynn__1113 2 года назад +993

    The fact that after 65 YEARS people were still fighting for this little boy, for Joseph. It makes me cry. So many people care about him and at least in death so many people love him. What a little angel, we love you Joseph

    • @Nutella_gamer
      @Nutella_gamer 8 месяцев назад

      902 likes and 1 comment let me fix that

  • @Frumpbeard
    @Frumpbeard 4 года назад +4453

    Bro what about the surgical scars? I'm pretty sure if he had surgery performed, there would either be record of it, or he was in the possession of a surgeon.

    • @lpe3259
      @lpe3259 3 года назад +695

      Might’ve been illegal surgery not preformed by a licensed surgeon

    • @alligator5889
      @alligator5889 3 года назад +545

      Well, and also, why was there a scar on his genitals? I mean, yes, it could be a surgery scar, but it also seems to connect to the sexual abuse theory.

    • @mckinzibrown9701
      @mckinzibrown9701 3 года назад +227

      @@alligator5889 theres also a theory about the boy being raised as a girl that might tie into that, but the video said that there were no leads to it

    • @dee5105
      @dee5105 3 года назад +3

      I was wondering too

    • @vicky99naga92
      @vicky99naga92 3 года назад +2

      @Benjamin Morris l

  • @marcosdominguez6413
    @marcosdominguez6413 5 лет назад +1586

    Ryan: solves case
    Also Ryan: no that can’t be true

    • @giantsalsa3977
      @giantsalsa3977 4 года назад +26

      This post has exactly 420 likes at 10:45 pm on Sunday, 29th March, Pakistan Local Time.

    • @aerofiles5044
      @aerofiles5044 4 года назад +2

      Love that profile pic😂😂😂

    • @carissanami5824
      @carissanami5824 4 года назад +2

      I'm the 1k like

    • @TimberGamez
      @TimberGamez 4 года назад +3

      @@giantsalsa3977 thank you

    • @fruitnure
      @fruitnure 4 года назад +1

      Ephyra The Martian so specific loll-

  • @jessg4073
    @jessg4073 4 года назад +2351

    My theory is that the boy was abused by his parents and was born at home. He was never allowed to leave the house and one day the parents ended up killing him- hense the reason noone confessed to know him

    • @seansswamp
      @seansswamp 4 года назад +19

      Jessica Gibbings yeah

    • @severussnape4370
      @severussnape4370 4 года назад +36

      Jessica Gibbings your theory has a few flaws.
      If the boy was abused and killed by his parents what lead to his death? What provoked his parents too?

    • @liyre4189
      @liyre4189 4 года назад +118

      @@severussnape4370 well he died of head injuries, so maybe the parents beat him too hard one day

    • @severussnape4370
      @severussnape4370 4 года назад +28

      That is possible but that injury is not caused by hands- I suspect they beat him with something. . . But if they did why hadn’t the boy lost blood? They can use that blood to find its parents and weapons.

    • @rq96
      @rq96 4 года назад +46

      A Honeydukes Clerk!-
      Because if the parents arent suspicous, and if no one else knows, how are they going to find them??
      The police has no way of finding the parents, therefore they never investigated them.
      And you would need their parents blood and his blood to find out if theyre related.
      So this theory is plausable, but there's no way of finding out if its true or not

  • @maddiekoester7785
    @maddiekoester7785 2 года назад +661

    UPDATE: The Boy in the Box has been identified! The boy’s name is Joseph Augustus Zarelli. While authorities are still unsure who did such a horrible thing to this sweet boy, they are happy he now has a voice and hope that it will help to solve his murder. Fly high Joseph.

  • @MappingEagle
    @MappingEagle 4 года назад +6251

    Shane screaming like R2D2 is probably the funniest thing I've seen all week

    • @deirdrebrydon5077
      @deirdrebrydon5077 4 года назад +58

      That says something about your week LOL

    • @MappingEagle
      @MappingEagle 4 года назад +39

      @@deirdrebrydon5077 it does

    • @covinants
      @covinants 4 года назад +6

      Boy in the box was not an imposter

    • @covinants
      @covinants 4 года назад +20

      @Sadie Smiles awww to bad i don’t care

    • @deangreen2567
      @deangreen2567 4 года назад +13

      @Sadie Smiles It really isn’t at his expense though is it, if you’re no longer living, nothing is at your expense.

  • @mosesjumba777
    @mosesjumba777 5 лет назад +2117

    It remains unsolved to us, someone somwhere knows everything...

    • @carsfan1995
      @carsfan1995 5 лет назад +237

      Yeah but they're probably dead...
      It's been sixty years.

    • @mosesjumba777
      @mosesjumba777 5 лет назад +72

      @@carsfan1995 maybe😅,bt don't ever think there is anything secret in this small world,no matter how superstitious the media potrays it... there are always people who know everything somwhere 😄

    • @thrashingjustin
      @thrashingjustin 5 лет назад +18

      Moses Musa even so. 1 or 2 out of everyone in the world... it wont be solved. Especially being this case was in the primitive age of investigation.

    • @woo341
      @woo341 5 лет назад +8

      Thanks Sherlock.

    • @maksimgonev9486
      @maksimgonev9486 5 лет назад +7

      Somewhere*

  • @lovingoutdoors5112
    @lovingoutdoors5112 6 лет назад +1535

    At some point they have to replace that mannequin with a person. Standing in the same position for half the episode. Then on one of the Shane talking angles, the head turns. And the audience sh*ts their pants.

    • @melissaatkinson202
      @melissaatkinson202 5 лет назад +81

      i think we all thought about that but nobody wanted to say it because we dont actually want them to do it

    • @Gabitronia
      @Gabitronia 5 лет назад +1

      Ideas ideas!

    • @pepesilvia5844
      @pepesilvia5844 5 лет назад +8

      @@artemism3994 no shut up

    • @danieldoherty4739
      @danieldoherty4739 5 лет назад +6

      artemis moonlight oml

    • @CJLOVE23
      @CJLOVE23 5 лет назад +22

      That did happen. The mannequin’s head moved in the one about the missing colonists

  • @shivaanrambally9611
    @shivaanrambally9611 2 года назад +873

    Who's here after they just revealed the identity of the boy?

  • @tsukishimakei5055
    @tsukishimakei5055 4 года назад +5404

    Them: The body was dumped on an illegal dumping ground.
    Me: goddamnit, why can't anyone dump a body on a LEGAL dumping ground

    • @stalinsoulz7872
      @stalinsoulz7872 4 года назад +85

      Me: Bro dump it at a National Park that be Legal in some sort

    • @sneaky6959
      @sneaky6959 4 года назад +100

      Uhhh, Tsukishima, why are you watching buzzfeed unsolved?

    • @MichealMyersLover
      @MichealMyersLover 4 года назад +31

      Agreed. What a shame people aren't bright enough to atleast hide a body the right way.

    • @anicecream3028
      @anicecream3028 4 года назад +48

      Don't be salty tsukki

    • @gyarugrunge2108
      @gyarugrunge2108 4 года назад +21

      Why are u doing here tsukishima

  • @pedrogarcia-yp5hs
    @pedrogarcia-yp5hs 5 лет назад +1953

    “Janet, where is our son?”
    (Janet starts sweating) “he’s playing in a box?”
    “And where is the box?”
    “JANET.”

    • @quinlanyates9530
      @quinlanyates9530 5 лет назад

      Father of the child:Where the fuck is Bobby Karen
      Karen: he wouldn't give me a refund

    • @leonardilic9906
      @leonardilic9906 5 лет назад +6

      Nice.

    • @danielfalcao7572
      @danielfalcao7572 5 лет назад +6

      I read it with the voice of Janet (Friends) in my head .-.

    • @irishweeb2370
      @irishweeb2370 5 лет назад +1

      Is this a reference to The Good Place?

    • @justno984
      @justno984 5 лет назад

      WHAT'S IN THE BOX

  • @JeevesReturns
    @JeevesReturns 4 года назад +7688

    Sold his son? “I can box that up if ya like”.

    • @Tyrfingr
      @Tyrfingr 4 года назад +180

      I'm going to hell.... 😂😂😂🤣

    • @stubbyar82
      @stubbyar82 4 года назад +40

      @@Tyrfingr same

    • @Yourmom-jk8xs
      @Yourmom-jk8xs 4 года назад +37

      Omg 💀💀💀

    • @nugges-oe2ki
      @nugges-oe2ki 4 года назад +21

      Not funny

    • @volume2885
      @volume2885 4 года назад +50

      @@nugges-oe2ki if u cant take a joke...y r u looking at comments

  • @Enderas5
    @Enderas5 2 года назад +170

    After 65 years, it brings me joy to know that we have a name for this poor boy who did nothing wrong and sadly suffered at the hands of a monster.

  • @nataliegrace223
    @nataliegrace223 6 лет назад +2513

    "kids have faces"
    - Ryan 2018

  • @vashvana
    @vashvana 7 лет назад +11873

    Ryan + Shane = The only reason people are still subscribed to buzzfeed blue.

    • @katiepowell3939
      @katiepowell3939 7 лет назад +114

      The not so Smooth criminal I also like the Try Guys. Other than that buzzfeed went south fast

    • @Eshalm1770
      @Eshalm1770 7 лет назад +46

      The not so Smooth criminal so true with out them buzfeed would be complete cancer

    • @niamh0718
      @niamh0718 7 лет назад +1

      The not so Smooth criminal I just get notifications when an episode is added to the unsolved playlist so I could fully unsubscribe from the rest of the shite

    • @emilyf8219
      @emilyf8219 7 лет назад +36

      i only ever came to buzzfeed for saf, ryan and shane honestly and now saf has her own channel :p

    • @megan1281
      @megan1281 7 лет назад +13

      The not so Smooth criminal i'm not even subscribed

  • @zaniyahchavis8220
    @zaniyahchavis8220 4 года назад +5986

    me: *watches buzzfeed unsolved*
    ryan: and the case remains unsolved
    me: 😯

  • @Veeskee_Mat
    @Veeskee_Mat 2 года назад +117

    Finally, after 65 years we finally know this poor boy's name...
    His name is *Joseph Augustus Zarelli* unfortunately genealogists still don't know who the killer is. Genealogists said that Joseph has a number of siblings both on his mother and fathers' side who are living but out of respect they will keep the name of the parents confidential.

    • @stokeleyiam4053
      @stokeleyiam4053 Год назад

      that's not what I read they made his parent's name public or i think its his mom

  • @paperbag7137
    @paperbag7137 5 лет назад +4446

    "Janet we left the"
    WE LEFT THE BOX
    OUR SON IS IN THE BOX
    *inaudible agony*

  • @ellspixie
    @ellspixie 5 лет назад +4087

    These stories are so sad but I can’t help but laugh so hard when they start joking around. I lost it at the R2D2 scream

    • @duck3819
      @duck3819 5 лет назад +35

      Wwaaaaooohhhhh

    • @anderfoxie732
      @anderfoxie732 5 лет назад +45

      I mean it helps... I don't get so scared...

    • @lilsisasu
      @lilsisasu 5 лет назад +31

      Shane’s imitation of R2D2 is pretty good!

    • @tooshort2482
      @tooshort2482 5 лет назад

      IKR

    • @rocket7697
      @rocket7697 5 лет назад +13

      The death of a child can be hilarious there is no doubt.

  • @annelouisedeguzman7540
    @annelouisedeguzman7540 5 лет назад +5340

    No one:
    Me: *expects that the story will be solve in an unsolved video*

  • @MysticSarahh
    @MysticSarahh 2 года назад +153

    The fact that now more of the Buzzfeed Unsolved cases are becoming solved is amazing. RIP Joseph, the boy in the box

  • @imscaredofchairs6806
    @imscaredofchairs6806 5 лет назад +3394

    “JANET?!”
    “YES..?!”
    “WHERE’S OUR BOY?!”
    “IN THE... wait”
    “DID WE LEAVE HIM IN THE BOX?!”
    *”WE LEFT HIM IN THE BOX”*

    • @shwifty9577
      @shwifty9577 5 лет назад +26

      XD this is too funny

    • @SheukeS
      @SheukeS 5 лет назад +10

      Thats just.....

    • @zenoxdax5177
      @zenoxdax5177 4 года назад +3

      PEANUTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @alaynac1610
      @alaynac1610 4 года назад +8

      Dark humor

    • @tayloranderson7547
      @tayloranderson7547 4 года назад +3

      Janet?! Yes.. ?!
      Where's our boy?! In the... Wait did we leave him in the box ?! We lift him in the box

  • @ooriiaxx
    @ooriiaxx 4 года назад +5057

    as someone who lives in pennsylvania and near philadelphia i can absolutely confirm that we just love putting boys in boxes here. ive found like six box boys in the past week

    • @Levvieee
      @Levvieee 4 года назад +35

      Kazuichi does it too? 😜😜😭

    • @scremah3250
      @scremah3250 4 года назад +189

      Despite being a girl, I used love sitting in boxes

    • @coconutgaming4512
      @coconutgaming4512 4 года назад +23

      @@scremah3250 yes same!

    • @zixiqz
      @zixiqz 4 года назад +86

      i don’t live near philadelphia but i do live in pennsylvania and i can confirm this is true 😃

    • @Paperstarxx
      @Paperstarxx 3 года назад +16

      I-

  • @livguttesen6178
    @livguttesen6178 7 лет назад +2433

    Should i watch this at midnight when i'm sick and home alone?
    Probably not.
    Will I?
    Absolutely.

    • @rominauncut5510
      @rominauncut5510 7 лет назад +10

      Lív Guttesen omg im sick to 😂 and Home alone. It's also midnight

    • @eatyourcevapi
      @eatyourcevapi 7 лет назад +2

      Lív Guttesen omg I am sick and alone too!

    • @The8thKeyKeeper
      @The8thKeyKeeper 7 лет назад +17

      Lív Guttesen Hotel? Trivago.

    • @rockguitargirl7765
      @rockguitargirl7765 7 лет назад +3

      hahaha its midnight i'm also alone but i hope i'm not sick ;D

    • @ellabroome3525
      @ellabroome3525 7 лет назад +1

      Lív Guttesen I relate so much lol

  • @melissacook6492
    @melissacook6492 2 года назад +91

    I hope the investigators look deeper into Martha’s story. Not only did she know his stomach content, that he had a bath prior to death, but now she even called him by his name.

  • @IqraKhan-vc7lo
    @IqraKhan-vc7lo 4 года назад +3886

    I have a feeling he was homeless and someone took advantage of him

    • @samarthalinegwesinie1136
      @samarthalinegwesinie1136 4 года назад +705

      That would explain his lack of existence, if he wasn’t born in a hospital so no one would have his fingerprints etc.

    • @IqraKhan-vc7lo
      @IqraKhan-vc7lo 4 года назад +104

      @@samarthalinegwesinie1136 yes that definitely would!

    • @IqraKhan-vc7lo
      @IqraKhan-vc7lo 4 года назад +405

      @Lulwa possibly to remove DNA evidence. He may have clawed at the person's skin and what not

    • @lovesFigaro
      @lovesFigaro 4 года назад +95

      @@samarthalinegwesinie1136 not saying this cant be true but fingerprints aren't taken when you're born in the hospital either, you get your birth certificate and all, but that's a name so the one thing you'd really need to uncover a person's existence through hospital records, is a name

    • @hopemccubbin8661
      @hopemccubbin8661 4 года назад +106

      illegitimate, undocumented, unschooled

  • @angelica-xo8vn
    @angelica-xo8vn 5 лет назад +2109

    isn’t it kinda suspicious how the investigators wouldn’t take the dna test to see if the potential brother and the boy in the box were related?

    • @diegofiora
      @diegofiora 4 года назад +56

      Back then dna tests werent even a thing

    • @milky1105
      @milky1105 4 года назад +40

      diegofiora dude they did exist idiot

    • @mikehunt5134
      @mikehunt5134 4 года назад +51

      @@milky1105 so tooxic

    • @milky1105
      @milky1105 4 года назад +11

      Mike Hunt I wasn't going saying it that hard

    • @scha_jana7422
      @scha_jana7422 4 года назад +4

      @@diegofiora exactly

  • @LucieG-g7c
    @LucieG-g7c 5 лет назад +2508

    If that mannequin is going to stay behind Shane can we at least name him.

  • @alexw.854
    @alexw.854 2 года назад +119

    Joseph Augustus Zarelli is his name. It was released by Philadelphia PD. His name was identified through groundbreaking genealogical DNA evidence. They traced down the mother, had her children tested, and it was a match. They then found the father from the birth certificate, whose was written incorrectly (very common in this time). DNA tested father’s children, it was a match.
    DNA from Joseph was extracted in 2019 when the PD got approval to exhume Joseph to get DNA. This took over 2 years to properly process the DNA that had degraded.
    There are multiple theories, especially stemming from the terms used from the PD such as “birth mother/father” terms, hinting that he was “adopted” out. There was a woman by the name of “M” (later Martha) who had an eerie story that matched details uncannily. She was later dismissed for being mentally I’ll, but in her testimony, she said her mother was extremely abusive which could have contributed to her illnesses. The link from the birth parents to M’s mother through adoption are unknown which raises a lot of questions. Most are unsure of her story.
    There are a lot of questions and very little answers. This is what we know:
    His name is Joseph Augustus Zarelli. Born on January 13, 1953 and died in February, 1957.
    Rest in peace Joseph. May you be happy and healthy, wherever you are.

  • @Stanfordsjournal
    @Stanfordsjournal 4 года назад +2057

    what’s pennsylvania known for?
    shane: *putting boys in boxes*

    • @lillyedwards462
      @lillyedwards462 4 года назад +4

      Surprised about this 😂😂😂

    • @anikagh
      @anikagh 4 года назад +43

      As a Pennsylvanian, I can confirm this

    • @Stanfordsjournal
      @Stanfordsjournal 4 года назад +4

      wabi sabi HA

    • @HelpHelp369
      @HelpHelp369 4 года назад +15

      @@anikagh Yeah, if any of you have seen Forensic Files, there a bunch of episodes with Pennsylvania in it. We're pretty shady ngl.

    • @chloe-tg8rq
      @chloe-tg8rq 4 года назад +7

      we’re super shady

  • @shimmersummers4183
    @shimmersummers4183 5 лет назад +2687

    *"Janet we left the-"* 🤣😂🤣😂

    • @irreligious2647
      @irreligious2647 5 лет назад +90

      Shimmer Summers OUR BOY WAS IN THAT BOX

    • @Karpov2
      @Karpov2 5 лет назад +2

      @Kenny Gallegos for Etikaaaaa

    • @malachityeejl5129
      @malachityeejl5129 5 лет назад +30

      OUR BOY WAS---OUR BOY WAS IN THAT BOX!

    • @shimmersummers4183
      @shimmersummers4183 5 лет назад +1

      @@malachityeejl5129 😂🤣😂

    • @moldycheese5454
      @moldycheese5454 5 лет назад +3

      @@Karpov2 yo r.i.p for him tho fr 🙇‍♂️🙇‍♂️

  • @edo8126
    @edo8126 3 года назад +3190

    2021 update: They investigators leading the case who kept it alive ended up digging the remains of the boy and getting fresh dna samples. This can be used to trace back to the boys relatives and find out what happened. This is the biggest breakthrough this case has got. Maybe we will finally have an answer to who this boy is :( really a heartbreaking story

    • @libriansana8562
      @libriansana8562 3 года назад +188

      If that poor fellow was living a miserable life being abused and all that, by someone who was not even his biological mother... I dont think those DNA are gonna produce any conclusive leads.. But that could really mean something

    • @astralguardoriginal
      @astralguardoriginal 3 года назад +75

      I think the murderer is already long gone

    • @AmandamayX
      @AmandamayX 2 года назад +43

      Lets hope genetic genealogy can solve another cold case!!

    • @astralguardoriginal
      @astralguardoriginal 2 года назад +10

      @Ace Majima D: i mean boxboy is a good name

    • @lancekings3206
      @lancekings3206 2 года назад +99

      @@astralguardoriginal it really isn't, he doesn't need some cutesy name of some kind, that's just disrespectful

  • @maribee40
    @maribee40 2 года назад +128

    Revisiting to let everyone know that the boy in the box has now been identified!

  • @emilys9950
    @emilys9950 6 лет назад +7479

    Scares me to think if his parents killed him they still could be living normal lives right now anywhere

  • @julianaclausen1297
    @julianaclausen1297 5 лет назад +793

    *Janet we left the*
    *wheezes
    *our boy was in there*

  • @justapube261
    @justapube261 4 года назад +3260

    the thought of someone putting their hands on a baby fills me with so much anger omg, rip to the poor baby 😖😖

    • @Max-dd4ow
      @Max-dd4ow 4 года назад +30

      Same

    • @Catty_Wampus4610
      @Catty_Wampus4610 4 года назад +13

      Same

    • @ladylark10884
      @ladylark10884 4 года назад +67

      Right? Poor baby, I hope he rests in peace too :(

    • @Catty_Wampus4610
      @Catty_Wampus4610 4 года назад +83

      @Wendigo4hire It's a child! They are innocent beings who haven't had a long time to live yet! Its just wrong to kill a child

    • @justapube261
      @justapube261 4 года назад +43

      @Wendigo4hire i didn’t say they’re more valuable. and it’s also not that their lives are more valuable necessarily but their literally innocent. they can’t possibly protect themselves in this type of situation as opposed to adults who might be able to. it’s just sad to think a defenseless child went through something horrific like that.

  • @jasper3042
    @jasper3042 2 года назад +27

    Finally identified as Joseph Augustus Zarelli, born 1/13/53. Amazing work by investigators and forensic genealogists to give him back his name.

  • @Ellie-vb9vm
    @Ellie-vb9vm 3 года назад +3596

    Update on the case: as of now, the boy's remains have been exhumed for the purpose of DNA testing. Some sources state that the samples are being taken to laboratories in Europe, but I don't know how true that is. Detectives currently working on the case are treating this as an extremely big break, so there might be some hope for identification :)

    • @sweetnsour3693
      @sweetnsour3693 3 года назад +41

      Thank you!

    • @xTigressStylex
      @xTigressStylex 3 года назад +64

      Oh what a relief if this case is still up !!

    • @clairemoody3416
      @clairemoody3416 3 года назад +127

      I hope they do genetic geneology! Maybe they can use his DNA to find relatives to trace back to him and his identity

    • @hhhhhhhhhh3347
      @hhhhhhhhhh3347 3 года назад +94

      What a relief! I’m glad people haven’t forgotten about this unsolved case, wish the boy peace and justice 🙏

    • @angiemendoza5359
      @angiemendoza5359 3 года назад +46

      i hope this is true. with the technology we have today it can be very possible to find who’s this kids parents and past. i hope we can all find a resolution to this and hope he’s in a peaceful place in heaven.

  • @talia677
    @talia677 3 года назад +1431

    That picture of the boy always gives me chills, it so unsettling.

  • @aly3753
    @aly3753 5 лет назад +2130

    Roses are red
    Buzz go the bees
    Shane and Ryan like to go
    (wheeze)

    • @jackme906
      @jackme906 5 лет назад +5

      Alyson McCuin it's distracting to actually read that word and actually hear it at the same time, specially the "haha's"

    • @duck3819
      @duck3819 5 лет назад +4

      My favorite comment in youtube

    • @aly3753
      @aly3753 5 лет назад +1

      Duck
      Thank you!!

    • @hihi-zh1sk
      @hihi-zh1sk 5 лет назад

      😂 😂 😂😂😂

    • @oldaccount2131
      @oldaccount2131 5 лет назад

      yeeyee

  • @aisforamerica2185
    @aisforamerica2185 2 года назад +81

    UPDATE: The Somerton Man, The Lady of the Dunes, and now The Boy in the Box---ALL identified! What a year for Cold Cases!

  • @lyancrown7648
    @lyancrown7648 4 года назад +730

    It ALWAYS kills me when Shane turns around n goes "JANET..." 😂😂☠️

  • @zomo7400
    @zomo7400 4 года назад +1375

    "It's not incest technically" describes too many animes

    • @ziqqyziqqy
      @ziqqyziqqy 4 года назад +16

      its scary....very.

    • @lovelivedie6216
      @lovelivedie6216 4 года назад +9

      @@xXRemi_RandomXx LMAOOOO💀💀💀💀💀

    • @myloriv
      @myloriv 4 года назад +7

      @@xXRemi_RandomXx exactly where my brain went

    • @JustElleYapping
      @JustElleYapping 4 года назад +3

      @@xXRemi_RandomXx they are only adopted so your right-

    • @zomo7400
      @zomo7400 4 года назад +1

      @Chloe Tremblay ;-;;;;;

  • @RizziCGaming
    @RizziCGaming 5 лет назад +4550

    I feel so sad for this little boy :(

  • @amandac.s.9452
    @amandac.s.9452 2 года назад +42

    He has a name at last. Rest in peace, Joseph Augustus Zarelli. We don't have all the answers, but doors are opening

  • @niyatalonhold626
    @niyatalonhold626 4 года назад +848

    ugh the image of his floating head is so disturbing sweet jesus

    • @valsper1042
      @valsper1042 4 года назад +4

      Niya Radeva ikr

    • @Unknown_crusader
      @Unknown_crusader 4 года назад +2

      Yeah

    • @infasis
      @infasis 4 года назад +51

      Yeah, I don't understand why they keep showing the face of a dead child over and over. We already saw it and most people wouldn't care to see or be seen like that, unnecessarily.

    • @valsper1042
      @valsper1042 4 года назад +13

      A. Yuuki So true it’s so like eh not to be rude but kinda scary

    • @Danny-or4gw
      @Danny-or4gw 4 года назад +1

      is just scary

  • @tabitha6779
    @tabitha6779 5 лет назад +1164

    "With female assault of boys, children, the abuse can often happen in the guise of something dealing with cleanliness, like during bathing." - Richard B. Gartner, PhD.
    I think Martha, or M, as she was also known, was onto something.

    • @abbim2531
      @abbim2531 5 лет назад +63

      That honestly seems like the most probable theory, but so much time has passed, I don't think it can ever be really proven

    • @KG-yz7tr
      @KG-yz7tr 5 лет назад +118

      If Martha's mother bought the boy too she probably viewed him more like an object or toy that she could play with then had to clean up and take care of like an expensive doll which is why she meticulously cut his nails and hair.

    • @tabitha6779
      @tabitha6779 5 лет назад +51

      @@KG-yz7tr I like your theory. I think Martha or M did say that the mother had the desire to sexually abuse him. I remember awhile back reading a report on this and while 'cleaning up' (like you said nails and hair) is reminiscent of crimes like Little Lord Fauntleroy and the OCCK (aka the Babysitter Killer), the job was done rather hastily to disguise the boy's identity.

  • @melissasaint3283
    @melissasaint3283 4 года назад +1060

    This one is so profoundly depressing.

    • @melissasaint3283
      @melissasaint3283 3 года назад +20

      @Grim You need to go outside and touch some grass, honey.

    • @melissasaint3283
      @melissasaint3283 3 года назад +14

      @Grim No, really. I mean, with zoom school last year, you probably got no vitamin D for months and months.

    • @Shades781
      @Shades781 2 года назад +1

      ​@@melissasaint3283 What did he say?

  • @leow3696
    @leow3696 2 года назад +102

    Even if we don't yet know the circumstances or perpetrator, I'm glad this boy got his name back. Rest in peace, Joseph.

  • @twohandhenry9477
    @twohandhenry9477 7 лет назад +5842

    I am now scared to get up and go to the bathroom

    • @steffaniefaithdelacruz1403
      @steffaniefaithdelacruz1403 7 лет назад +139

      This is me rn

    • @gabbiebray2694
      @gabbiebray2694 7 лет назад +61

      Pixel Gaming I'm scared to go eat breakfast

    • @p1930n1
      @p1930n1 7 лет назад +88

      Pixel Gaming
      I am scared to go back into my living room

    • @geesusway6730
      @geesusway6730 7 лет назад +12

      Pixel Gaming I know.

    • @MJ-zz4nm
      @MJ-zz4nm 7 лет назад +55

      I usually watch the supernatural series and im fine with it but im actually scared rn

  • @---hj6nm
    @---hj6nm 5 лет назад +405

    “He kisses a girl THROUGH the plastic!”

  • @hayleyaus8037
    @hayleyaus8037 5 лет назад +1837

    This case was sad 🙁 rip darling boy
    Every child deserves to feel safe and loved

    • @soldiercells
      @soldiercells 5 лет назад

      @@ascended5485 you used an ableist slur and wanna speak about being respectful shut the fuck up lmao

    • @CoRLex-jh5vx
      @CoRLex-jh5vx 5 лет назад +10

      @@ascended5485 fam why are you here

    • @Mumspaghettii
      @Mumspaghettii 5 лет назад +3

      @@CoRLex-jh5vx why are you here?

    • @CoRLex-jh5vx
      @CoRLex-jh5vx 5 лет назад +15

      @@Mumspaghettii because I actually enjoy their content?

    • @jacobmoon6191
      @jacobmoon6191 5 лет назад

      @@CoRLex-jh5vx stop defending them, that's bullshit

  • @mememologies7363
    @mememologies7363 2 года назад +35

    And now they’ve identified him. He’ll no longer be America’s Unnamed Child.

  • @chrisfoo5747
    @chrisfoo5747 6 лет назад +3225

    What's more horrifying is the mannequin behind them

    • @sewerrat2683
      @sewerrat2683 5 лет назад +3

      So original..... Woooow

    • @dallaswalker480
      @dallaswalker480 5 лет назад +12

      That's no mannequin...

    • @mcsy98
      @mcsy98 5 лет назад +21

      It slowly moved its head for a couple of seconds in the roanoke supernatural episode if that takes the cake

    • @icky2748
      @icky2748 5 лет назад +5

      Broooo ik ik it scares me every time

    • @nottodaysatan5546
      @nottodaysatan5546 5 лет назад +3

      I've been waiting for it to move...

  • @AmethystPrime1991
    @AmethystPrime1991 4 года назад +1967

    Poor baby didn't deserve this. :'(

    • @thexenokron563
      @thexenokron563 4 года назад +12

      Yes he did

    • @عبدالله-ب5ج7ر
      @عبدالله-ب5ج7ر 4 года назад +42

      @@sarabarrezueta4604 they're joking probably tho I dont think they should

    • @sarabarrezueta4604
      @sarabarrezueta4604 4 года назад +21

      Simz0 tf what?

    • @purpliee4780
      @purpliee4780 4 года назад +39

      The Xenokron wth is wrong with you? go seek help

    • @jootsimp
      @jootsimp 4 года назад +59

      Simz0 lmao shut up. You don’t get to judge who deserves death ya idiot

  • @rehmanarshad7282
    @rehmanarshad7282 5 лет назад +3554

    Buzz(wheeze) unsolved

    • @MonkeSquid69
      @MonkeSquid69 5 лет назад +5

      Rehman Arshad you copped this comment from the last video

    • @evrsincee
      @evrsincee 5 лет назад +1

      Rehman Arshad mhmm I saw this before

    • @reaper6305
      @reaper6305 5 лет назад

      So true

    • @lilskeezykeezy9850
      @lilskeezykeezy9850 5 лет назад

      WheezeFeed

    • @evrsincee
      @evrsincee 5 лет назад

      @@lilskeezykeezy9850 I've seen this before

  • @emmastential
    @emmastential 2 года назад +71

    The boy in the box has finally been named! Joseph Augustus Zarelli, and he was only 4 years old. I hope he can rest easy knowing that he’s been given his name once more 🥺

  • @danyellhenrique
    @danyellhenrique 6 лет назад +881

    If the parents killed him, accidentally or not, why wouldn't they just bury the corpse? Putting him in a box would call so much attention, as it did. I don't think he had parents.

    • @farismag
      @farismag 6 лет назад +115

      Yes that box gave a birth of him. It's confirmed that he is the child of a box.

    • @acoolbird3770
      @acoolbird3770 6 лет назад +9

      The parents were too lazy to dig up a child.

    • @abigail5728
      @abigail5728 6 лет назад +32

      @@farismag oml when people say that they didn't have parents, it doesn't mean no one made them.

    • @haydenquinn4122
      @haydenquinn4122 6 лет назад +21

      @@danyellhenrique it's a joke, you fool.

    • @SabakaJunglay
      @SabakaJunglay 5 лет назад +60

      If he had a relatively normal life prior to his death, his absense would have been noticed by his neighbours, classmates, extended family. He was most likely living in an isolated, abusive situation or off the grid in some way prior to his death.

  • @kelseynewman9000
    @kelseynewman9000 7 лет назад +2343

    That mannequin thing behind Shane gets me every time

  • @minawei7263
    @minawei7263 4 года назад +5707

    Ryan and Shane, the only two people on the internet that can get away with dead baby jokes

    • @shuvny2868
      @shuvny2868 4 года назад +21

      Lol

    • @daisybelle2336
      @daisybelle2336 4 года назад +341

      No, actually they cannot. They are just not popular enough for anyone to give a shit. If they were however, this wouldn’t even be up! It is disgusting how they constantly laugh and snicker at the expense of someone who lost their life. It’s 10 times worse when it is a child and I cannot watch past a few minutes because it is truly disgusting. Especially the guy who is always sitting on the left, he nauseates me - - he thinks his deadpanned dry sarcastic humor is hilarious but it’s actually insanely annoying and ruins every story. I’ve tried to get into these countless times for the True Crime series and myself (and ANYONE I’ve shown it to) just dislikes these two so much that it’s “onto Nexpo!”..
      can’t watch these idiots anymore.

    • @donaldkjohnson9415
      @donaldkjohnson9415 4 года назад +41

      Game grumps
      They've told a few dead baby jokes. arin even asked are dead baby jokes still kosher and dan said yea of course they'er still kosher

    • @yarixzamendoza6314
      @yarixzamendoza6314 4 года назад +266

      i dont find it funny i think its sad.

    • @itzroxychan3695
      @itzroxychan3695 4 года назад +16

      I read: Rise and Shine lol

  • @ashamedashley389
    @ashamedashley389 2 года назад +24

    I KNEW I remembered you guys covering this story. At least this poor boy now has a name and identity. Hope they can upgrade his gravestone so that it reflects his name.

  • @sylviajohnson6110
    @sylviajohnson6110 7 лет назад +2547

    My theory about this case is that, the boys parents are the ones who killed him. I noticed initially that the child had a very elongated head. Which lead me to presume that it's possible that the parents knew their child had physical disorder or birth defect and were ashamed by that. Like In they way people used to have "disappointment rooms" where they would do exactly that. Hide children that didn't match up to societal standards. Which would explain why he was not recognized in the system as ever existing, If he was being hidden way.And as for the head trauma, perhaps the boy , because of a birth defect, maybe fell or hit his head. Causing him to pass and the parents panicked , or another opinion, if to the parents he was considered a "disappointment child" they might have been abusive and acid killed him. And in either scenario, to make sure they weren't charged, cut his fingernails and hair, to make him look unrecognizable to to public so he could not be traced back to them.

    • @keyin6770
      @keyin6770 7 лет назад +276

      That's probably why he had to wear the hat with a strap,so that it wouldn't show his head

    • @madisonford5188
      @madisonford5188 7 лет назад +12

      Sylvia Johnson damnnnn yeahhhh

    • @benjampon
      @benjampon 7 лет назад +72

      Maybe this was the reason why the boy was sold??

    • @lavendernixart9281
      @lavendernixart9281 7 лет назад +80

      alternatively, if he was actually well taken care of and died on accident, the guardians might have kept his nais cut to keep him from hurting himself

    • @breprince1205
      @breprince1205 7 лет назад +67

      Sylvia Johnson His cause of death was due to head injury. The head swells up but it's possible he might have been mentally unstable due to the last theory of not wanting to bath.

  • @cayladelorenzo4047
    @cayladelorenzo4047 5 лет назад +1507

    Am I the only one who feels like I want to study these murders more after watching these?

    • @catherinegonzalez1010
      @catherinegonzalez1010 5 лет назад +11

      Nah I'm with you

    • @candiipiratexd5487
      @candiipiratexd5487 5 лет назад +6

      Yep

    • @wynterwolfrose228
      @wynterwolfrose228 5 лет назад +4

      No I do too

    • @cheesecookies4559
      @cheesecookies4559 5 лет назад +3

      Cayla DeLorenzo I’m always like that, these guys are my favorite

    • @oogabooga5295
      @oogabooga5295 5 лет назад +3

      Just kidding I was never a cop but I do investigate after I watch these vids but about the killer I think that Marjorie Deihl Armstrong is the killer ( I think)

  • @ianyan2775
    @ianyan2775 4 года назад +1300

    Woman: my son got electrocuted and died
    Shane: that's funny

    • @jazmine9385
      @jazmine9385 4 года назад +23

      eilabeth ase????????????? Why is a child like you watching a forensic video-

    • @jazmine9385
      @jazmine9385 4 года назад +2

      eilabeth ase????????????? Fourth, get your spelling right, it’s subscribe, describe is how you give characteristics to.

    • @jazmine9385
      @jazmine9385 4 года назад +9

      eilabeth ase????????????? No, i’m not into gameplay, I don’t make friends with children.

    • @jazmine9385
      @jazmine9385 4 года назад +5

      eilabeth ase????????????? And i just said don’t do self promotion-

    • @stadbab
      @stadbab 4 года назад +18

      eilabeth ase????????????? listen kiddo, this isn’t a good way to get subscribers. you’re just coming off as desperate. wait a few years, work on your craft and don’t push people into watching your videos.

  • @sheenachristina2385
    @sheenachristina2385 2 года назад +43

    Rest In Peace, Joseph Augustus Zarelli. You finally have your name back. Let’s hope they find who did this to you. ❤️

  • @treazuretamya5074
    @treazuretamya5074 4 года назад +603

    “Janet we left the- “ get me everytime 😭😭

  • @moonygacha8089
    @moonygacha8089 5 лет назад +659

    Ryan: "Why are you screaming like R2d2?"
    Shane: " OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO"

  • @FakeExotic
    @FakeExotic 5 лет назад +7093

    Plot twist: the box killed the boy.

  • @kender7121
    @kender7121 2 года назад +40

    Who else came here as soon as you found out that the police solved the case?

    • @sharersale6480
      @sharersale6480 2 года назад +3

      They just know his name though, case is still unsolved.

    • @hallijones4527
      @hallijones4527 2 года назад

      It’s still a huge break now that we know this sweet boy’s name!

  • @the_architect..
    @the_architect.. 5 лет назад +846

    I had a weird thought. This is just at the top of my head as I watch the video. So if the case happened in Pennsylvania, aren't there like a lot of Amish people there? Do the Amish have their kids in hospitals? Because if they don't, that's probably why the identity of the child never matched any boy in any hospital

    • @jojosbizarrecomments
      @jojosbizarrecomments 4 года назад +16

      I don't think they do

    • @ainsleym111
      @ainsleym111 4 года назад +76

      where it happened there aren’t many amish people. i’m from where it happened, and the amish are mostly in central and western PA

    • @ellalau6698
      @ellalau6698 4 года назад +4

      Amish people are in Virginia I think. Or somewhere near that area. That’s a very good point, The_Architect

    • @bumblebea420
      @bumblebea420 4 года назад +15

      there are a lot of amish people in pa but definitely not in philly

    • @milkchocolatemilk3381
      @milkchocolatemilk3381 4 года назад +25

      As a Pennsylvanian we do have Amish in Eastern Pa and some families travel to philly on weekends to sell their products. Also, the kids are not born in hospitals, but I would assume that there has to be records, even if they are partially off the grid.

  • @DPez69
    @DPez69 7 лет назад +1338

    Am I the only one who notices that Ryan just cant say "February" right? lmaoooo

  • @armanfilipovic2303
    @armanfilipovic2303 5 лет назад +557

    So wait, his Dad sold him, woman bought him and killed him? Sad life

    • @josuke2809
      @josuke2809 5 лет назад +1

      maybe

    • @justicemsp
      @justicemsp 4 года назад +3

      Awful man...

    • @Bloom1nq
      @Bloom1nq 4 года назад

      Their both awful

    • @filip76uk17
      @filip76uk17 4 года назад +7

      Hold up dr Phil

    • @entale6177
      @entale6177 4 года назад

      Justice MSP what about his MURDERER just cause she’s a woman she isn’t as bad as the father. The father was just as bad as the woman ik but still

  • @rickmanalwayss
    @rickmanalwayss 2 года назад +18

    pov: you just heard the news and rushed here

  • @devingonzalez4765
    @devingonzalez4765 4 года назад +3125

    Guy who found this: "today we're doing a unboxing video" *opens box* "oh shiiii-"

    • @antoniomanaserian7828
      @antoniomanaserian7828 4 года назад +27

      Guy who found this: "today we're doing a unboxing video" opens box "oh shiiii-"

    • @muttutt5651
      @muttutt5651 4 года назад +15

      Guy who found this: “today we’re doing a unboxing video” *opens box* “oh shiiii-“

    • @humpitywithdumpity
      @humpitywithdumpity 4 года назад +28

      I shouldn’t have laughed as Loud as I did

    • @ti6414
      @ti6414 4 года назад +8

      Guy who found this: “today we’re doing a unboxing video” *opens box* “oh shiiii-“

    • @Bubluntz
      @Bubluntz 4 года назад +39

      "Before I show you what is in this box, you must smash like and subscribe!"

  • @kellysnyder9978
    @kellysnyder9978 4 года назад +548

    Why Ryan pronounce February like that?
    Ryan: “Febeeary”

    • @insertnameher31
      @insertnameher31 4 года назад +11

      it’s pronounced febyouwary

    • @mammary
      @mammary 4 года назад +3

      Feibary

    • @kikialeaki1850
      @kikialeaki1850 4 года назад +13

      Febrezey

    • @TheLiamster
      @TheLiamster 4 года назад +1

      No, Ryan’s pronunciation is right.

    • @toshibam
      @toshibam 4 года назад +2

      I know I'm being lazy but it'd be great if someone could provide a timestamp

  • @kcsworldd
    @kcsworldd 6 лет назад +944

    A chill ran up my spine when he said that there was no evidence that the boy actually ever existed

    • @billthecat666
      @billthecat666 6 лет назад +43

      Except his body.

    • @ironguanyin123
      @ironguanyin123 6 лет назад +126

      Just means he wasn't registered at birth. Possibly had him out of wedlock, or had him at home or in the woods or some illegal clinic.

    • @avafilms4218
      @avafilms4218 6 лет назад +2

      Same.

    • @ace4119
      @ace4119 6 лет назад +5

      I live in Pennsylvania and this is where this happened :,)

    • @nelly6177
      @nelly6177 6 лет назад

      Kaisy &Hiccup it's very possible if a woman has a baby not in a hospital that kid could be off the grid for awhile if not forever especially in those days

  • @maxalberts2003
    @maxalberts2003 2 года назад +12

    This case is so terribly sad. I wish you guys would reunite and do more of these informative and heartbreaking videos. Thank you for publicizing this and many other awful cases.

    • @samueldawn2014
      @samueldawn2014 2 года назад +1

      they never split! they left buzzfeed and have their own channel now!