Cheryl Lee Curran-Santiago, 36, a White female from Philadelphia, was killed in May 2008 in the Kensington section of the city. Online obituary records identify her as Cheryl Lee Curran-Santiago and state that she died on May 19, 2008. She was remembered as a mother to Hector L., Robert F., John J., Alex L., and Dorothy J. Santiago, the daughter of John Curran and Margaret Hayes, the sister of Theresa Curran, and a grandmother.
The events that led to the discovery of her body began on
Saturday, May 17, 2008, when Cheryl was reportedly visiting her brother-in-law, Santo Sindo, at his home on the 1900 block of East Monmouth Street in Kensington. Neighbors later told her family that they saw Cheryl enter the house with another man shortly after 9:00 p.m. The only public description attributed to that man was that he was a short Hispanic male. A few hours after Cheryl was seen going inside, neighbors reportedly heard screaming and the sound of glass breaking. Police were called to the home that night, but according to the later account, they did not find anything unusual during that first response.
Two days later, police were called back to investigate. This time, they found Cheryl Curran and Santo Sindo dead inside the house. Both had been stabbed multiple times. Investigators also reported that an undetermined amount of cash was missing from Santo, raising the possibility that robbery may have been part of the motive, though publicly available reports did not establish a confirmed motive.
Cheryl’s family spoke publicly after the killings, describing the shock of learning she had been murdered. Her sister, Teresa Moss, said their father called and told her simply that Cheryl had been murdered. Her mother, Margaret Hayes, expressed the family’s grief and fear while asking for help in identifying the person responsible. The family and authorities had little to work with beyond the vague description of the man seen entering the home with Cheryl.
Publicly available case information lists Cheryl Curran’s homicide as open with no arrest. No named suspect was identified in the online sources reviewed, and no arrest, trial, conviction, sentence, or punishment was found in connection with her killing. A reward of $5,000 was offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person responsible, but the available online record indicates that the case remained unsolved.
