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Philly Man Killed By Headshot In Car Parked In Atlantic City: Prosecutor Philly Man Killed By Headshot In Car Parked In Atlantic City: Prosecutor
Philly Man Killed By Headshot In Car Parked In Atlantic City: Prosecutor A 26-year-old man from Philadelphia who was found shot in the driver’s seat of a sedan parked on a street in Atlantic City has died, authorities said. Khalid Scott was found by police at about 12:50 p.m. Friday, Nov. 10 in the two-door car parked in the 1900 block of Grant Avenue with a gunshot wound to the head, according to the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office. Scott was taken to AtlantiCare Medical Center, where he died at 2:15 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 11, the prosecutor’s office said. No arrests had been made.  Anyone with information is urged to call the prosecutor’s Major Crim…

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by Jon Craig
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45 Years Later, Young Mom's Lehigh Valley Murder Remains Unsolved 45 Years Later, Young Mom's Lehigh Valley Murder Remains Unsolved
45 Years Later, Young Mom's Lehigh Valley Murder Remains Unsolved Sandra Ann Miller was just 22 years old when police found her dead in her Nazareth Borough home early on Sept. 18, 1978.  Miller, mother of a 10-month-old girl, had been stabbed, beaten, and choked to death in her 115 Spring Street residence, according to Pennsylvania State Police.  In an archival report from the Allentown Morning Call, investigators said they saw evidence of a violent struggle in the home — vases were knocked over, covers were pulled from the bed, and a telephone was off the receiver, indicating a possible attempt to call for help.  A bread knife with …

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by Mac Bullock
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Dozens Turn Up To Give Shot Philadelphia Officer Raul Ortiz Hospital Sendoff Dozens Turn Up To Give Shot Philadelphia Officer Raul Ortiz Hospital Sendoff
Dozens Turn Up To Give Shot Philadelphia Officer Raul Ortiz Hospital Sendoff Philadelphia Police Officer Raul Ortiz is going home. Ortiz, 60, has been hospitalized since Friday, Oct. 13, when he and 50-year-old officer Richard Mendez were shot at Philadelphia International Airport. Mendez, a department vet of 22 years, died. Ortiz, who was hit once in the arm, got a sendoff from Thomas Jefferson University Hospital on Saturday, Oct. 14. We are blessed to announce that hero @PhillyPolice Officer Raul Ortiz is going home after days of receiving excellent care from @TJUHospital. Thank you all for wrapping your arms around him and his family; our Department and Cit…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Police Need Your Help To Solve PA Realtor's 1997 Cold Case Murder Police Need Your Help To Solve PA Realtor's 1997 Cold Case Murder
Police Need Your Help To Solve PA Realtor's 1997 Cold Case Murder More than 25 years after she was found shot and strangled to death, police are still searching for Charlotte Fimiano's killer.  The 40-year-old realtor was showing a house in Hellertown to an unknown client on Sept. 11, 1997, but never made it back home, according to state police.  Fimiano's remains were located in the empty home, 2147 Chelsea Lane, early the next day. Pennsylvania State Police are still actively investigating her murder. Anyone with information can call the PA Crime Stoppers toll-free at 1-800-472-8477 or submit an anonymous tip online.  Callers …

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by Mac Bullock
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PA Marine Veteran's Road Rage Killer Still At Large, State Police Say PA Marine Veteran's Road Rage Killer Still At Large, State Police Say
PA Marine Veteran's Road Rage Killer Still At Large, State Police Say The gunman who shot and killed a US Marine Corps veteran on a Pennsylvania highway in 1980 was never identified, but state police believe he could still be caught.  Donald Roy Wilt was just 26 years old when he was shot and killed on August 30, 1980.  The former Marine and his wife Rosemary were on their way back from dinner in Grantsville, Fayette County, when they were westbound on Route 40 toward Henry Clay Township.  At some point on the road, Wilt and a driver in a white Chrysler Cordoba became involved in an apparent road rage spat, witnesses told s…

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by Mac Bullock
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PA Girl's Disappearance Haunts Investigators Nearly 40 Years Later PA Girl's Disappearance Haunts Investigators Nearly 40 Years Later
PA Girl's Disappearance Haunts Investigators Nearly 40 Years Later Jolene Michelle Lakey was just steps from her Scranton home when she vanished nearly 40 years ago.  The 11-year-old was walking back with a friend after visiting her sick mother at Mercy Hospital, now the Commonwealth Health Regional Hospital, on August 26, 1986, according to state police investigators.  They parted ways after reaching her friend's house on Myrtle Street, and Lakey continued onto North Washington Avenue toward her home on the 1300 block.  She never made it, say the Pennsylvania Crime Stoppers.  Witnesses reported that a child matching Lakey's…

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by Mac Bullock
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Victim Shot Dead In Broad Daylight On Philly Street: Authorities Victim Shot Dead In Broad Daylight On Philly Street: Authorities
Victim Shot Dead In Broad Daylight On Philly Street: Authorities Philadelphia police are investigating after a man was shot dead in the middle of a city street on Monday, July 31, the department told Daily Voice.  It happened on the 2500 block of North Reese Street, police said. The victim, 31, was found at the scene by first responders with gunshot wounds to his neck, back, and hand, investigators said.  He was pronounced dead at the scene minutes later, according to authorities.  No arrests had been made and no weapon recovered as of Monday afternoon. The investigation is ongoing.  PPD did not report the victim's name. 

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by Mac Bullock
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This Bath Mat Could Be Key To Solving PA Infant's 1993 Death, State Police Say This Bath Mat Could Be Key To Solving PA Infant's 1993 Death, State Police Say
This Bath Mat Could Be Key To Solving PA Infant's 1993 Death, State Police Say Nearly 30 years after an infant girl was found dead in a trash bag off the side of a Schuylkill County backroad, state police investigators are still trying to learn her name.  The child, known to authorities only as Baby Jane Doe, was lifeless when she was found in New Castle Township on June 13, 1993, troopers said in a release. She was wrapped in a blanket and a bath mat before being placed in the bag, state police said. In a 1993 article, the Allentown Morning Call reported that the bag was thrown into the woods from the north edge of Darkwater Lane, about three-quarters of a mile off…

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by Mac Bullock
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Delco Man Fatally Shot Outside Philadelphia Bar Delco Man Fatally Shot Outside Philadelphia Bar
Delco Man Fatally Shot Outside Philadelphia Bar Investigators are searching for a culprit after a Delaware County man was fatally shot point blank outside of a North Philadelphia bar.  One shot rang out on the 4900 block of North Broad Street around 9:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 8, Philly police told Daily Voice. Officers arrived to find a male victim with a single gunshot wound to his chest, they added.  The victim, identified as 37-year-old Frank Pralour of Lansdowne, was rushed to Einstein Medical Center where he was pronounced dead just before 10:10 p.m., police wrote.  No arrests have been made in connection with Pra…

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by Mac Bullock
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Decomposing Body Found In Mattress In DelCo: Report Decomposing Body Found In Mattress In DelCo: Report
Decomposing Body Found In Mattress In DelCo: Report A decomposing body inside of a mattress was found overnight in Delaware County overnight, 6abc reports. Paramedics called to the 7000 block of Greenwood Avenue near Church Lane in Upper Darby around midnight found the woman's body in a back alley behind a row of twin homes, the outlet said. Suspicious play was suspected. The Delaware County District Attorney's Office did not immediately respond to Daily Voice's request for comment. Click here for more from 6abc.

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by Cecilia Levine
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Family Of Temple Grad Killed At Random Desperate For Justice: Report Family Of Temple Grad Killed At Random Desperate For Justice: Report
Family Of Temple Grad Killed At Random Desperate For Justice: Report More than three months after he was shot and killed seemingly at random on a west Philadelphia street, the family of Temple graduate Everett Beauregard is still demanding justice.  Philadelphia police have said the 23-year-old was walking home just after midnight on Sept. 22 when an unknown suspect approached him from behind on the 400 block of North 35th Street in Powelton Village and fatally shot him.  Since then, investigators have circulated images and video of his suspected killer, but no arrests have been made so far.  Beauregard's loved ones gathered on the same Powelton block wher…

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by Mac Bullock
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Body Mummified In Concrete Removed From Philadelphia Home: Report Body Mummified In Concrete Removed From Philadelphia Home: Report
Body Mummified In Concrete Removed From Philadelphia Home: Report A human body encased in concrete was removed from a home in Philadelphia on Monday, Dec. 19, according to a report by 6abc.  Police had been investigating a property on the 5200 block of Burton Street in Wissinoming since last week, after receiving a tip that the body of a woman who went missing eight years ago may be buried inside, the outlet previously reported, citing unnamed police sources. Philadelphia police said they have "no releasable information" as of Tuesday, Dec. 20. The department confirmed to Daily Voice last week that it was investigating a tip regarding human rema…

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by Mac Bullock
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COLD CASE: Embalmed Head With Rubber Ball Eyes Found By Teen In PA Has Police Offering Reward COLD CASE: Embalmed Head With Rubber Ball Eyes Found By Teen In PA Has Police Offering Reward
Cold CASE: Embalmed Head With Rubber Ball Eyes Found By Teen In PA Has Police Offering Reward An embalmed head with rubber eyes was found in western Pennsylvania eight years ago, and no one has been able to identify her so a special $10,000 is being offered on the anniversary of her disappearance.  Through Dec. 18, "the Beaver County Detective Bureau in cooperation with our local Crime Solvers of Beaver County and the Economy Borough Police Department are running an informational and rewards campaign of $5000 and the Pennsylvania Crime Stoppers is matching the $5000 reward in regard to information leading to the arrest and conviction involving this unsolved case of an Embalmed H…

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by Jillian Pikora
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'Boy In The Box' Could Be ID'd Next Week: Reports 'Boy In The Box' Could Be ID'd Next Week: Reports
'Boy In The Box' Could Be ID'd Next Week: Reports A boy who was well-groomed with a fresh haircut found dead in a box in 1957 in Philadelphia now has a name, multiple media outlets are reporting. And it's not just "The Boy in the Box" or "America's Unknown Child."  The boy's body was found in February 1957 stuffed in a bassinet box along Susquehanna Road. Retired Det. Sgt. Bob Kuhlmeier previously said that the cause of death was blunt force trauma, according to CBS3. According to CBS3, officials plan on releasing the name of the young victim sometime next week. A recent DNA sample linked the boy, between ages 4 and 6, to a family in De…

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by Cecilia Levine
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17-Year-Old Girl Shot In Head, Killed In Philadelphia 17-Year-Old Girl Shot In Head, Killed In Philadelphia
17-Year-Old Girl Shot In Head, Killed In Philadelphia A 17-year-old girl was shot three times and killed while sitting in a car in Philadelphia's Mount Airy section Friday night, police said. She was in a car with three others around 8:30 p.m. at Ross Street, when a large black SUV pulled alongside them and began shooting, authorities said. She was apparently shot once in the head and twice in the chest. The girl was rushed to the hospital where she was pronounced dead. No arrests had been made as of Saturday morning. She girl was not believed to have been the target.

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by Cecilia Levine