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Helen Patent, a 52-year-old white female from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was found brutally murdered on August 19, 1985. Her body was discovered between stacks of railroad ties in a Frankford Avenue maintenance yard by two transit workers. She was nude from the waist down, with her blouse pulled up to expose her chest. The crime scene was gruesome—she had been sexually assaulted and stabbed repeatedly. While some sources report 47 stab wounds to her head and chest, others cite 19 stab wounds, ...Read More
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Helen Patent
Female
White / Caucasian
Philadelphia
PA
1985-08-19
52
Helen
Patent
11/17/2025
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Has anyone else been puzzled by the lack of public awareness surrounding Helen Patent's case and the... ...Read More
06/11/2023
06/11/2023
