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Michelle Dehner

Case from Philadelphia, PA dated Sep 06, 1990

Victim Details

Michelle Dehner

Female

White / Caucasian

Philadelphia

PA

1990-09-06

30

Michelle

Dehner

09/28/2026

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Michelle Dehner, a 30-year-old White woman, was killed in Philadelphia on September 6, 1990, in a homicide that became closely associated with the still-unsolved series of killings attributed to the so-called Frankford Slasher. Accounts of the case place Dehner in an apartment building on Arrott Street near Frankford Avenue, an area already shaken by a string of exceptionally violent murders. She was found inside her apartment suffering from numerous stab wounds. Published accounts state that sh ...
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  • Frankford Slasher - Wikipedia
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