In the early morning hours of December 16, 2021, the quiet of a Philadelphia neighborhood was broken by the response of the city's fire department to a blaze in an alley. On the 5200 block of North Marshall Street, after the flames were extinguished, a grim discovery was made. The body of a woman, who had been burned, was found amongst the debris. The victim was later identified as Nydeera Harvey, a 39-year-old Black female who resided on Pine Street.
An investigation by the Office of the
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