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Woman Found Dead At Philly Airport Marriott Had Cloth In Mouth: Authorities Woman Found Dead At Philly Airport Marriott Had Cloth In Mouth: Authorities
Woman Found Dead At Philly Airport Marriott Had Cloth In Mouth: Authorities Detectives are investigating after a 66-year-old woman was found dead at the Philadelphia Airport Marriott on Monday night, Sept. 26, city police told Daily Voice.  The unnamed woman was found lifeless in a hotel room with a cloth in her mouth around 10:40 p.m., the department said.  Her remains were taken to the Medical Examiner's Office. Police called her death "suspicious" and said the Homicide Division is investigating.  6abc reports that the woman was a flight attendant for American Airlines. 

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by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
'Decomposing' Body Pulled From Delaware River, Police Say 'Decomposing' Body Pulled From Delaware River, Police Say
'Decomposing' Body Pulled From Delaware River, Police Say Philadelphia police are investigating after a man's body was recovered from the Delaware River late on Sunday, July 23, the department told Daily Voice.  It happened just before 8 p.m. near the corner of North Delaware Avenue and Orthodox Street in Bridesburg, authorities said.  The remains were found in the water by a passing ship and reported to the US Coast Guard, police said. A police boat recovered the body and turned it over to the Medical Examiner's Office for identification, according to PPD.  The man is described as being white and between 40 and 50 years old. Polic…

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by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
Homicide Victim Found In Burning Car: Philadelphia Police Homicide Victim Found In Burning Car: Philadelphia Police
Homicide Victim Found In Burning Car: Philadelphia Police Philadelphia police are investigating the murder of a person whose remains were discovered in a burning car in the Northeast early on Tuesday, April 18.  Firefighters responded to a reported vehicle fire on the 5900 block of Sylvester Street around 12:45 a.m., the police department told Daily Voice.  They extinguished the flames of a burning SUV to find a person in the back seat of the vehicle, authorities said. First responders pronounced the victim dead at 12:50 a.m. and the remains were transported to the Medical Examiner's Office, police wrote.  Police did not identify t…

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by Mac Bullock
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PA Man Dies Following Arrest, Neighbors Say Excessive Force Was Used PA Man Dies Following Arrest, Neighbors Say Excessive Force Was Used
PA Man Dies Following Arrest, Neighbors Say Excessive Force Was Used A man has died after a TASER device was used during an arrest over a stolen bicycle, according to police. Police were called to a reported “theft in progress,” at Harriet Street in Bloomfield on Wednesday morning, according to a statement released by Pittsburgh police in zone 5. Upon arrival police encountered, "a male actor who became non-compliant while being taken into custody," and a TASER device was "deployed," police said. The man, who has not been identified, was transported to a hospital to be medically cleared before being transferred to Allegheny County Jail, police stated in…

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by Jillian Pikora