At 7:20 on Friday, Feb. 16, police respond to a call at 5440 Market Street for a hospital case. Lying behind a chain-link fence of a vacant rowhouse they found the body of Nakeia McCafferty, a 32-year-old black female from the 5700 block of Hazel Avenue. McCafferty had suffered multiple stab wounds to her face and neck. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
The city's body count for 2008: 34
In 2007, the city of brotherly love averaged more than one murder and four shootings a day. This site, by writer Kia Gregory, profiles the city's deadly violence, the people it threatens, and the people who fight desperately for solutions.
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