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Carol Dowd

Case from Philadelphia, PA dated Apr 29, 1990

Victim Details

Carol Dowd

Female

White / Caucasian

Philadelphia

PA

1990-04-29

46

Carol

Dowd

07/03/2026

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On April 29, 1990, the body of Carol Dowd, a 46-year-old white female from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was discovered in a gruesome state behind Newman's Seafood at 4511 Frankford Avenue. Found nude in an alley around 2:00 a.m., she had been brutally beaten and stabbed 36 times in the face, neck, chest, and back. Her abdomen had been slashed open, exposing internal organs, and her left nipple had been removed. Defensive wounds on her hands indicated she had fought back against her attacker. Her ...
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