The body of a 31-year-old man was found wrapped in a tarp in the back of his Jeep Grand Cherokee Sunday afternoon. Police have not released the man’s identity but said they were investigating the discovery as a homicide, WPVI reported. The discovery was made in Philadelphia’s Northern Liberties neighborhood, a residential area with an …
Philadelphia police are investigating as suspicious the death of a 66-year-old American Airlines flight attendant who was found dead in her hotel room with “a cloth in her mouth.” The woman was found dead at the Marriott Philadelphia Airport at about 10:40 p.m. on Monday, WCAU reported. Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Scott Small told the …
A Pennsylvania mom was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver early Saturday morning in southwest Phildaelphia’s Eastwick neighborhood. Police say Ashley McLean-Gaylor, 27, was exiting another vehicle at about 2:30 a.m. when she stepped in front of a passing car that struck her, according to WCAU. The driver briefly paused but then fled, they …
A 14-year-old Philadelphia teen shot their toddler cousin in the head Thursday, killing the little girl. The 2-year-old girl was rushed to Temple University Hospital, but did not survive the wound, KYW reported. “It doesn’t appear like there was any malicious intent or anything of that sort,” Philadelphia Police Sgt. Eric Gripp said. The teen …
A hit-and-run driver struck and killed a 35-year-old woman crossing the street in North Philadelphia early Thursday morning. Investigators said the incident happened at about 3:30 a.m. at North Broad and Somerset Streets, WPVI reported. According to a witness, the woman was crossing North Broad when she was hit by a white sedan traveling in …
Police in Northeast Philadelphia found a naked 6-year-old boy in a dog cage Thursday afternoon. Investigators say police were called just before 1 p.m. on a report of someone screaming, KYW reports. When they arrived, they found a 4-year-old girl and a 5-year-old girl, both partially naked, outside. Inside, they found the boy in the …
The caretaker of a 3-year-old girl who died after she was found “unresponsive in the bathtub with no water” early Friday morning has now been charged with “the violent abuse” of her own two children. Philadelphia Police said the bruised toddler was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead about an hour after she was …
A 7-year-old Philadelphia girl is in stable condition recovering from a gunshot wound to the foot after she was struck by a stray bullet Wednesday night. The girl was inside her home in the city’s rough Kensington section when the shooting took place at about 7:30 p.m., police said. “She’s an absolute innocent bystander,” Deputy …
On Friday, Pennsylvania police reportedly discovered a man’s body in a freezer at a bloody home. According to WCAU, the discovery was made after family members went to the Philadelphia home to check on the man and found a large quantity of blood. Police officers who responded to the residence found blood leading down the …
A set of Pennsylvania triplets has been found safe after their father shot and killed their mother and later killed himself. Authorities said the 39-year-old mother was found dead in northwestern Philadelphia’s West Oak Lane neighborhood on Sunday night, WTXF reported. Hours later, they released an alert about the triplets, who were missing. The mother, …
A 41-year-old woman was shot while sitting in a car early Sunday morning in Philadelphia’s University City neighborhood. Police found the woman lying in the street when they responded at about 5 a.m., WTXF reported. She was shot three times in the neck and should and was transported to a hospital in critical condition. No …
Philadelphia police have solved at least one part of a 65-year-old mystery — they have identified a young boy found dead and stuffed into a box in the city in 1957. Investigators used DNA and intricate genealogical sleuthing to uncover the boy’s name, KYW reports, and criminal charges may be filed in his death. Philadelphia …
