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Nijah Carpenter

Case from Chester, PA dated Jan 21, 2017

Victim Details

Nijah Carpenter

Male

Black / African American

Chester

PA

2017-01-21

31

Nijah

Carpenter

07/11/2026

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In the early morning hours of Saturday, January 21, 2017, the city of Chester, Pennsylvania, awoke to a grim discovery. A 31-year-old Black male named Nijah Carpenter was found deceased in his red 2002 Nissan Altima. The vehicle was parked partially in the 500 block of East 11th Street and a neighboring field. It was pedestrians in the area who first noticed the unresponsive man and flagged down a passing Chester police officer around 8:20 a.m.

Upon approaching the vehicle, the officer ob ...
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  • Chester rocked by 2 more weekend homicides - Delco Times
  • Chester cops investigate suspicious death - The Philadelphia Inquirer
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