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Woman's Body Found In Schuylkill River: Philadelphia Police Woman's Body Found In Schuylkill River: Philadelphia Police
Woman's Body Found In Schuylkill River: Philadelphia Police An unidentified woman's remains were discovered in the Schuylkill River Monday morning, May 6, according to officials.  It happened near the 2800 block of Martin Luther King Drive in Fairmount Park around 11 a.m., city police confirmed to Daily Voice.  Authorities did not offer additional details. 

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by Mac Bullock
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Five Arrested In Philly Man's 2006 Kidnapping, Murder: US Attorney Five Arrested In Philly Man's 2006 Kidnapping, Murder: US Attorney
Five Arrested In Philly Man's 2006 Kidnapping, Murder: US Attorney Nearly 18 years after Shamari Taylor disappeared in Philadelphia, five people are charged in connection with his murder, prosecutors said Thursday.  Kevin Holloway, 45, Mark Scott, 48, Linton Mathis, 50, Atiba Wicker, 47, and Kenneth Tuck, 51, were all arrested and charged with conspiracy to commit kidnapping resulting in death, kidnapping resulting in death, and aiding and abetting, said the US Attorney's Office.  Thirty-eight-year-old Taylor and his girlfriend were kidnapped in West Philadelphia by men posing as police officers on August 26, 2006, officials said in a release.&nb…

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by Mac Bullock
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Police ID Victim In Fatal Philadelphia Hit-Run Police ID Victim In Fatal Philadelphia Hit-Run
Police ID Victim In Fatal Philadelphia Hit-Run Philadelphia police detectives are investigating after a woman was hit by two cars in a row and died Tuesday night.  It happened at the corner of 49th Street and Lancaster Avenue in Cathedral Park at about 8:20 p.m. on March 14, the department told Daily Voice.  Cobbs Creek resident Darlene Gaston, 58, was struck by a white Mitsubishi traveling west on Lancaster "at a high rate of speed," authorities said. She was thrown into the eastbound lane, where she was hit again by a gold Nissan.  The driver of the Nissan stayed at the scene, where Gaston was pronounced dead by f…

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by Mac Bullock