Homicides 2021 536
Police recorded 37 murders in Philadelphia in September; here are the victims’ names
Philadelphia Police recorded 37 homicides during September 2023, which is a decrease compared to August, which had 45. Here are the names and ages of those who were killed, plus when and where. But we know they are not just names. Please contact us at [email protected] if you are a family member so we can properly […]
Andrew Stengel, 29, top tier salesman and lover of classic cars
As the only child of a dad who worked in the hotel industry, Andrew Joseph Stengel would travel the world. He even lived for a time as a kid in the Marriott Marquis in New York City, where he learned at an early age how to navigate to and from school on the subway independently, […]
Police recorded 45 murders in Philadelphia in August; here are the victims’ names
Philadelphia Police recorded 45 homicides during August 2023, which is an increase compared to July, which had 36. Here are the names and ages of those who were killed, plus when and where. But we know they are not just names. Please contact us at [email protected] if you are a family member so we can properly […]
Police recorded 36 murders in Philadelphia in July; here are the victims’ names
Philadelphia Police recorded 36 homicides during July 2023, which is an increase compared to June, which had 34. Here are the names and ages of those who were killed, plus when and where. But we know they are not just names. Please contact us at [email protected] if you are a family member so we can properly […]
Khalil Thomas Smith, 33, ‘would give you the skin off his bones, not just the shirt off his back’
Anyone who knew Khalil Thomas Smith knew he was one of the most generous people around. He would host cookouts, paid for out of his own pocket, for his birthday and Fathers’ Day. Every year he would host a large community event where everything was free, including food and entertainment. And he would go to […]
Police recorded 34 murders in Philadelphia in June; here are the victims’ names
Philadelphia Police recorded 34 homicides during June 2023, which is a decrease compared to May, which had 43. Here are the names and ages of those who were killed, plus when and where. But we know they are not just names. Please contact us at [email protected] if you are a family member so we can properly […]
Police recorded 43 murders in Philadelphia in May; here are the victims’ names
Philadelphia Police recorded 43 homicides during May 2023, which is an increase compared to April, which had 28. Here are the names and ages of those who were killed, plus when and where. But we know they are not just names. Please contact us at [email protected] if you are a family member so we can properly […]
Police recorded 28 murders in Philadelphia in April; here are the victims’ names
Philadelphia Police recorded 28 homicides during April 2023, which is a decrease compared to March, which had 38. Here are the names and ages of those who were killed, plus when and where. But we know they are not just names. Please contact us at [email protected] if you are a family member so we can properly […]
Police recorded 37 murders in Philadelphia in March; here are the victims’ names
Philadelphia Police recorded 37 homicides during March 2023, matching February’s count. Here are the names and ages of those who were killed, plus when and where. But we know they are not just names. Please contact us at [email protected] if you are a family member so we can properly memorialize them. Lists from previous months can […]
Police recorded 37 murders in Philadelphia in February; here are the victims’ names
At the Philadelphia Obituary Project, we treat homicide victims as individuals rather than statistics. But we are in crisis. The number of people murdered continues to rise. Every month, we will share this data along with the names of each person in one post. Philadelphia Police recorded 37 homicides during the second month of 2023. […]
Police recorded 31 homicides in January; here are the victims’ names
At the Philadelphia Obituary Project, we treat homicide victims as individuals rather than statistics. But we are in crisis. The number of people murdered continues to rise, even during the pandemic. And so every month, we will share this data along with the names of each person in one post. Philadelphia Police recorded 31 homicides […]
Christopher Davis, 35, jokester who struggled with loss
Everyone in the family knew that Christopher Davis was his grandmother’s favorite. Christopher was Cloieand McDaniel’s first grandson and she raised him on East Stafford Street in Germantown, along with his three younger sisters. Christopher’s cousin and aunt also shared the three-bedroom home. “He could do no wrong in her eyes,” his sister, Ericka Charles, […]
Police recorded 44 murders in December; here are the victims’ names
At the Philadelphia Obituary Project, we treat homicide victims as individuals rather than statistics. But we are in crisis. The number of people murdered continues to rise, even during the pandemic. And so every month, we will share this data along with the names of each person in one post. Philadelphia Police recorded 44 homicides […]
Police recorded 29 murders in November; here are the victims’ names
At the Philadelphia Obituary Project, we treat homicide victims as individuals rather than statistics. But we are in crisis. The number of people murdered continues to rise, even during the pandemic. And so every month, we will share this data along with the names of each person in one post. Philadelphia Police recorded 29 homicides […]
Ameen Greer-Plummer, 27, Creative Thinker Who Adored Animals and Fatherhood
From an early age, Ameen Greer-Plummer bent pipe cleaners and twisty ties into stick figure people. He created thousands of “pipe people” — as his mother, Gwendolyn, called them — stowing them in an orange suitcase. Among Ameen’s collection were fuzzy reproductions of his large family, including his seven siblings and godbrother. Their three-bedroom family […]
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