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John Berry

Case from Philadelphia, PA dated Jun 27, 2014

Victim Details

John Jizz Allen Berry Jr.

Male

Black / African American

Philadelphia

PA

2014-06-27

24

John

Berry

07/08/2026

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On a summer day in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a 24-year-old Black/African American man named John Jizz Allen Berry Jr. was found deceased. The date was June 27, 2014, and the circumstances surrounding his death were immediately shrouded in uncertainty. His passing was not deemed to be of natural causes; instead, it was classified as a death by force, indicating that his life was violently taken from him.

In the days and weeks that followed, local law enforcement authorities launched a th ...
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  • https://www.inquirer.com: Man slain in Phila.; two others ID’d
  • NBC10 Philadelphia: The Impact of Gun Violence in Philadelphia
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    I’ve been thinking a lot about the deeply unsettling case of John Berry. The part that really gets... ...Read More
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