Dwayne Palmer

Dwayne Palmer, a 32-year-old man from Philadelphia, was killed on December 5, 2009. The incident occurred in the context of a particularly violent year in Philadelphia, during which the city witnessed a significant increase in homicides. In December alone, 46 people were killed, contributing to a total of 499 homicides for the year, a level of violence that had not been seen since the early 1990s.

Dwayne Palmer’s death adds to the list of numerous unsolved homicide cases from that per ...