‘Boy in the Box’ case brings hope DNA could help identify Philadelphia’s hundreds of nameless dead

Dec 20

December 14, 2022, by Jason Laughlin, Dylan Purcell, and Aubrey Whelan - The forensic DNA technology used to identify Philadelphia’s “Boy in the Box” could be critical to finding the names of hundreds of Philadelphia’s anonymous dead dating as far back as 1955.

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‘Boy in the Box’ case brings hope DNA could help identify Philadelphia’s hundreds of nameless dead

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