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Family Of DelCo Dad Found Hanging Dead Juneteenth Weekend Wants 'The Truth' Family Of DelCo Dad Found Hanging Dead Juneteenth Weekend Wants 'The Truth'
Family Of DelCo Dad Found Hanging Dead Juneteenth Weekend Wants 'The Truth' While police maintain that the death of Donte Perez Jones was a suicide, his family believes he was hanged, and that his death may have been a homicide, they are saying on a GoFundMe campaign. Jones' body was found hanging early Friday, June 17 along a trail in Whitpain Township's Wentz Run Park, Whitpain Township police said, citing no evidence of foul play.  His family feels confident there is more to the story. "His death was automatically ruled a closed case of suicide," reads a fundraiser launched by his mom, Latina Dean. "Donte lived in Delaware county which is about an hour from B…

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Man Found Dead In Suburban Philly Park Was Suspected Suicide, Police Say Man Found Dead In Suburban Philly Park Was Suspected Suicide, Police Say
Man Found Dead In Suburban Philly Park Was Suspected Suicide, Police Say Suicide was suspected in the death of a man found in a park in the Philadelphia suburbs just before Father's Day weekend, authorities said. The grueling discovery was made around 7:45 a.m. Friday, June 17, when a resident walking along a trail in Whitpain Township's Wentz Run Park noticed a man, later identified as Donte Jones, leaning against a piece of playground equipment, local police said. An officer and a paramedic arrived on the scene and confirmed he was unresponsive, Whitpain Township police said. A subsequent search of the area turned up nothing suspicious, and police do not…

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by Nicole Acosta