Identity of ‘Boy in the box’ to be revealed six decades after his murder

Police in the US are set to reveal the identity of a young boy whose battered body was found stuffed inside a cardboard box almost 66 years ago (Matt Rourke/AP)

Police in the US are set to reveal the identity of a young boy whose battered body was found stuffed inside a cardboard box almost 66 years ago.

Detective work and DNA analysis has helped authorities in Philadelphia learn the name of the youngster, known to generations of locals as the “Boy in the box”.